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- Title
Changes in Population Dynamics in Mutualistic versus Pathogenic Viruses.
- Authors
Roossinck, Marilyn J.
- Abstract
Although generally regarded as pathogens, viruses can also be mutualists. A number of examples of extreme mutualism (i.e., symbiogenesis) have been well studied. Other examples of mutualism are less common, but this is likely because viruses have rarely been thought of as having any beneficial effects on their hosts. The effect of mutualism on the population dynamics of viruses is a topic that has not been addressed experimentally. However, the potential for understanding mutualism and how a virus might become a mutualist may be elucidated by understanding these dynamics.
- Subjects
VIRUSES; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; SYMBIOGENESIS; SYMBIOSIS; GENETIC vectors
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1, p12
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v3010012