Speciation in orbiviruses.

B M Gorman

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Speciation in orbiviruses.

B M Gorman

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Abstract

The definition of Orbivirus species should be based on the ability of virus populations to reassort genetic information. Application of the definition of biological species to orbiviruses enables consideration to be given the evolutionary tendencies of virus populations and to mechanisms for generating diversity within orbiviruses.

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Bluetongue virus RNA, Viral Recombination, Genetic Reoviridae Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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B M Gorman. 1985. Speciation in orbiviruses.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2989864/

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