Genetic Shift & Drift (Questions from 4/21)

Re: Genetic Shift & Drift (Questions from 4/21)

by Barbara Christie-Pope -
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Yes, the names do change.  For example, H5N1 drifted to H5N6, both now different viruses.  Yes,viruses that shift due to recombination in the same host are much more deleterious because the population would never have seen the new virus before and would have a different name.