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Salamanderhead

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Posted: Nov 05, 2009 8:35 a.m. - Subject: Viruses ( not computer)
Do they weaken as they reproduce?.. Or the father north they travel ( due to extreme cold weather)

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Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:05 a.m. - Subject:
The trend usually sees a strengthening of characteristics beneficial to survival over time. Some organisms are more susceptible to cold than others, it depends on the virus.


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Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:11 a.m. - Subject:
Wouldnt that be long term for them to evolve like that? I mean months.Wouldn’t a quick change from warm to cold weaken a virus. Like for example , h1n1 travelling from the very warm (humid?) Mexico, to the cold dry winter in Canada?


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Posted: Nov 05, 2009 9:34 a.m. - Subject:
Keep in mind that viruses are not themselves organisms--for all practical purposes they are animated bits of matter. They don’t evolve along the same lines, therefore, that such small organisms as bacteria and diatoms do. They MUTATE--they don’t evolve. Weather does not really affect them, as they must have an organism in which to live.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus

Viruses do imitate life in some ways, but in other ways they are quite different; that’s why they are so hard to get rid of.
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