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My understanding is coronaviruses (and others) can recombine if a host is infected with two variants. Another possibility is horizontal gene transfer. But the r
by captainbland 5y ago
My understanding is coronaviruses (and others) can recombine if a host is infected with two variants. Another possibility is horizontal gene transfer. But the reporting of this kind of stuff is usually quite vague, possibly because the precise mechanism hasn't been clearly identified.
- proc0 5y agoYeah that article is at least poorly written. I don't think DNA just recombines in the wild like that, we would see examples of this all over the place, and the way animals do it is through sex and reproduction. I'll have to do some searching for specifics.