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> A contaminated host is a giant casino machine, allowing the virus to mutate until it hits a new evolutionary step. And even worse, some viruses can swap gene
by mschuster91 1y ago
> A contaminated host is a giant casino machine, allowing the virus to mutate until it hits a new evolutionary step.
And even worse, some viruses can swap genes if a host has multiple infections at a given time. Bats in particular are known as "hot pots".