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AutoBahned
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Greater Metropolitan Nimrod, Orygun
Posts: 55,993
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almost...
the virus doesn't mutate in any 'direction' - mutation is random
what happens is that of the many mutations, natural selection favors the ones that have less virulence (since they don't kill the host as quickly, they can disperse and thrive)
ultimate example is to become via selection something the host benefits form - a mutualist (which is how you got mitochondria)
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