Coronaviruses are known to have higher than usual recombination frequencies for RNA viruses. How does recombination...

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  1. Coronaviruses are known to have higher than usual recombinationfrequencies for RNA viruses. How does recombination play a role ingenomic variation? How might it affect the pathology and spread ofSARS-CoV-2? anything helps

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1 Recombination is a process bywhich genetic diversity are generated by the crossing over of twonucleotide strands and occurs when at least two viral genomesinfect the same host cell In viruses self recombination occurswhen two viral genomes recombine by homologous crossing overresulting in switching    See Answer
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