reassortment

Noun

Meaning

The act or result of arranging in a new order or layout.

(biology) The mixing of genetic material of two competing viruses infecting the same cell.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

recombination

Examples

Dr Tang says that academics are “still trying to understand” how a new virus is able to “replace the previous virus”, an occurrence that happens as the result of a “reassortment event”. Source: Internet

This means they’re the most likely host in which reassortment occurs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

reassortant reassortation reassorted reassume reassumption reassurable