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> There is also some evidence that some of the significant mutations / new strains arose not from "natural selection" via transmission, but from prolonged mutat
by thenerdhead 3y ago
> There is also some evidence that some of the significant mutations / new strains arose not from "natural selection" via transmission, but from prolonged mutation in a single host.
I have read a lot of research on this topic and I have not seen this suggestion, rather I have only seen the neutral (that it hasn't mutated from persistence/potential replication in a host).
Do you have a link to a study that suggests this?
- btbuildem 3y agoI came across a couple of journal articles, if you keep digging there's more. I haven't found a longitudinal study yet. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241677/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35996593/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35996593/
- thenerdhead 3y agoThank you!