reassortant viruses
Also known as Reassortment, reassortant virus
300px|thumb|Performing reassortment with flu viruses Reassortment is the mixing of the genetic material of a species into new combinations in different individuals. The product of reassortment is called a reassortant. It is particularly used when two similar viruses that are infecting the same cell exchange genetic material. More specifically, it refers to the swapping of entire segments of the genome, which only occurs between viruses with segmented genomes. (All known viruses with segmented genomes are RNA viruses.)
Research
3,854 papers- The biology of influenza viruses.Vaccine · 2008
- Novel reassortant influenza viruses between pandemic (H1N1) 2009 and other influenza viruses pose a risk to public health.Microbial pathogenesis · 2015
- Rapid surge of reassortant A(H1N1) influenza viruses in Danish swine and their zoonotic potential.Emerging microbes & infections · 2025
- Reassortant viruses for influenza vaccines: is it time to reconsider their genome structures?Expert review of vaccines · 2016
- Virulence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A polymerase reassortant viruses.Virulence · 2011
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- Other viruses
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300px|thumb|Performing reassortment with flu viruses Reassortment is the mixing of the genetic material of a species into new combinations in different individuals. The product of reassortment is called a reassortant. It is particularly used when two similar viruses that are infecting the same cell exchange genetic material. More specifically, it refers to the swapping of entire segments of the genome, which only occurs between viruses with segmented genomes. (All known viruses with segmented genomes are RNA viruses.)
== Flu virus == The classical example of reassortment is seen in the influenza viruses, whose genomes consist of eight distinct segments of RNA. These segments act like mini-chromosomes, and each time a flu virus is assembled, it requires one copy of each segment.