Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Elevated viral recombination in short-lived hosts
Mete Yuksel, Qiqi Yang, Matthew Osmond, Nicole Mideo
The paper shows that viruses in short-lived hosts recombine more frequently due to higher population density and co-infection rates, supported by avian influenza data.
DOI 10.1101/2025.10.01.679867