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viral quasispecies: a standalone construct

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Virology

a cloud of related mutant genomes, rather than one sequence, that is the target of selection in fast-mutating replicators.

In virology, viral quasispecies refers to a cloud of related mutant genomes, rather than one sequence, that is the target of selection in fast-mutating replicators. This meaning comes from Eigen (1971) in Die Naturwissenschaften.[1]

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  1. Eigen, M. (1971). Selforganization of matter and the evolution of biological macromolecules. Die Naturwissenschaften, 58(10), 465-523. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00623322

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