School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.
PLoS Biol. 2018 Aug 13;16(8):e3000003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000003. eCollection 2018 Aug.
The high mutation rate of RNA viruses is credited with their evolvability and virulence. This Primer, however, discusses recent evidence that this is, in part, a byproduct of selection for faster genomic replication.
RNA 病毒的高突变率使它们具有进化能力和毒性。然而,本专题讨论了最近的证据表明,这在一定程度上是选择更快基因组复制的副产物。