Imprecise recombinant viruses evolve via a fitness-driven, iterative process of polymerase template-switching events.
K. Bentley, F. G. Alnaji, L. Woodford, S. Jones, A. Woodman, D. J. Evans
The paper investigates how imprecise recombinant viruses evolve through fitness-driven recombination and resolution processes, showing that resolution involves repeated recombination events leading to wild-type genomes.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2021Microbiology