Rates of Molecular Evolution in RNA Viruses: A Quantitative Phylogenetic Analysis
By G. M. Jenkins, Andrew Rambaut, Oliver George Pybus, Edward C. Holmes. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2002
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Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Plant Science
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