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It’s not DNA, it’s an RNA virus. More changes happen with them.
by romski 6y ago
It’s not DNA, it’s an RNA virus. More changes happen with them.
- cjf101 6y agoThere's also a lot less genetic information in a typical virus than in a human, so each mutation represents a much larger percentage change. For context: The entire SARS-COV-2 genome is 29,811 nucleotides long. The human genome is around 3 billion base pairs.