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Evading immunity doesn’t always mean you become dominant. It might not be as transmissible, worse at replicating, or not as compatible with the host. Basically,
by biophysboy 1y ago
Evading immunity doesn’t always mean you become dominant. It might not be as transmissible, worse at replicating, or not as compatible with the host. Basically, there may be reasons why it was the rare subtype that remain true even in the new environment
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoHowever, with a selective pressure that removes its rival subtypes, it's likely to become less rare, at least in areas such as pig farms.