16 Worked example 9 — why does RNA virus mutate more?
A single-stranded RNA genome has no complementary strand to use as a template, so damaged or miscopied bases remain; hence the virus changes quickly (this is why flu vaccines have to be updated).
Worked example 9 — why does RNA virus mutate more?
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