Reticulate evolution is favored in influenza niche switching

Reticulate evolution is thought to accelerate the process of evolution beyond simple genetic drift and selection, helping to rapidly generate novel hybrids with combinations of adaptive traits. However, the long-standing dogma that reticulate evolutionary processes are likewise advantageous for swit...

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Main Authors: Ma, Eric Jinglong (Contributor), Hill, Nichola (Contributor), Zabilansky, Justin R. (Contributor), Yuan, Kyle (Contributor), Runstadler, Jonathan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2016-12-02T21:35:33Z.
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