Question
Which mechanism allows a plant virus to eventually evade a resistant plant variety's defence, occurring when the virus population accumulates mutations in the specific viral gene recognised by the plant's resistance (
- R gene, giving rise to a new viral strain capable of overcoming that particular resistance?
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