Discuss how new strains of flu arise via viral reassortment. This is known as genetic reassortment. The following recent article from MIT news about tracking the spread of bird flu that discusses the impact of reassortment. Next address the following: Discuss the factors that make Alaskan waters in the summertime an optimal place and time for new strains of influenza to arise by genetic reassortment. What do you think is most interesting aspect of this situation? No citation or no references. Please only two paragraphs.
