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When infecting pigs, avian viruses can reassort with viruses already in the swine that more readily infect people.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022

But when humans infect commercial herds, which happens despite biocontainment efforts, the viruses move between the animals throughout the spring and reassort.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022

But the biggest concern is that this virus could get into humans and recombine or reassort with a human flu virus and acquire that readily transmissible nature that those viruses have.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2022

They bred the progeny for 12 generations, giving variants on the same chromosome many chances to shuffle and reassort.

From Nature • Feb. 8, 2012

With only his slow, forbearing smile by way of comment, Victor heard her out, but when she paused to reassort her thoughts, lifted a temporizing hand.

From Red Masquerade by Vance, Louis Joseph