FOUNTAIN OF SPARE PARTS. “Since viruses typically have high mutation and recombination rates as well as very high reproduction rates relative to their hosts, a relaxed selection due to complementation, for instance, may be an evolutionary mechanism that enhances the creation of new genes in viral genomes. This is consistent with the occurrence of many small genes of unknown function in viral genomes (ORFans) including numerous small membrane proteins.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022