ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES. “We also show that ERV abundance follows the Pareto principle or 20/80 rule, with ∼20% of lineages containing 80% of the loci. This rule is observed in many biological systems, including infectious disease epidemics, where commonly ∼20% of the infected individuals are responsible for 80% of onward infection.”
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/19/7385
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022