Plant Viruses, Like Cucumber Mosaic Virus, Often Package Separate RNA

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Essay

Plant viruses, like cucumber mosaic virus, often package separate RNA genome segments into separate virions.What are the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of this strategy? What ensures that the plants are infected with all of the necessary genome segments to begin an infection?

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