Viruses - Recap

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Across
  1. 2. Change in viral surface proteins through small mutations (13,5)
  2. 4. Type of mutation where nucleotides are added (9 letters)
  3. 7. Rapid alteration in genetic material between different viral strains (13,5)
  4. 9. Type of mutation where one nucleotide is replaced by another (12 letters)
  5. 12. Type of mutation where nucleotides are removed (8 letters)
  6. 13. Viruses that typically have lower mutation rates due to proofreading (3,7)
Down
  1. 1. Process where viruses exchange genetic material during co-infection (12 letters)
  2. 3. Viruses with higher mutation rates due to lack of proofreading (3,7)
  3. 5. Change from one purine to another purine, or one pyrimidine to another (10 letters)
  4. 6. Mutation where a section of DNA is reversed (9 letters)
  5. 8. Mutation resulting in a premature stop codon (8 letters)
  6. 10. Process where segments of viral genomes can swap during replication (12 letters)
  7. 11. Mutation with no amino acid change (6 letters)