Pigs Function as "Mixing Bowls" for Avian, Human, and Swine

question 50

Essay

Pigs function as "mixing bowls" for avian, human, and swine influenza strains. What is the biochemical mechanism for this phenomenon?

---

Definitions:

Risky Asset

An asset that has a significant degree of risk associated with it, offering the potential for higher returns in exchange for the increased risk.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is used in finance to gauge the amount of historical volatility of an investment.

Risk-Free Asset

An investment that is expected to return its principal and interest with near certainty, such as government bonds from stable countries.

Risky Asset

An investment that has a significant degree of uncertainty in its returns.