The two faces of mutation: Extinction and adaptation in RNA viruses

IUBMB Life

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-9

  Elena, Santiago F ^a   Miralles, Rosario ^a   Cuevas, José M ^a   Turner, Paul E ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Beneficial mutations; Clonal interference; Deleterious mutations; Evolution of RNA viruses; Fitness; Muller's ratchet

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034014974     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165400306296     Document Type: Review

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