Why are RNA virus mutation rates so damn high?

Published in: PLoS biology (2018)

The high mutation rate of RNA viruses is credited with their evolvability and virulence. This Primer, however, discusses recent evidence that this is, in part, a byproduct of selection for faster genomic replication.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
staphylococcus aureus
nucleic acid
biofilm formation
gene expression
antimicrobial resistance
copy number
dna methylation
candida albicans
disease virus