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TWiEVO 71: Faster than a speeding coronavirus

This Week in Evolution

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Is the Mutation Rate Really Determined by the R N a Pelimerace?

At the very lowest level, the mutation rate is really determined by the r n a pelimerace. Some of them get through, and then, you know, they end up in virous particles. So it's not really the mutation rate. When i think o mutation rate, i think of plim race error rates. And so i agree, i think that's kind of missing here. Is an, vincent, your point is really well taken. The other thing missing here is ta, well, point mutations are relatively low for arneviruses. But what's actually pretty prolific is the recombination rate - which isn't mentioned often enough. You're actually trying to fix

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