In the context of virus attenuation, which of the following statements best describes the term "Codon De-optimisation"?
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A method of enhancing the virulence of a virus by increasing the frequency of under-represented codon pairs.
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A genetic editing technique that changes the amino acid sequences to make a virus more contagious.
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A strategy to reduce the frequency of under-represented codon pairs without altering amino acid sequences, used to safely attenuate viruses.
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A process of accelerating the mutation rate of a virus to study its evolutionary patterns.
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