Searching for the advantages of virus sex

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-108

  Turner, Paul E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental evolution; Genetic exchange; Microbe; RNA; Sex; Virus

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; RNA; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VIRUS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; GENETICS; RNA PHAGE; SEX;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; RNA PHAGES; SEX;

MARTES PENNANTI; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0041473431     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023973015054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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