Genetic resistance

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Genetic resistance is resistance to a virus that occurs after the prior generations have survived it. For example the body remembers how to fight chicken pox, and passes along the helpful instructions of how to cure chicken pox on to its offspring.

An example of genetic resistance is when myxomatosis was released into Australian rabbits, where it killed 5 in 6 rabbits infected. Currently, it only kills 3 in 6 because of a genetic resistance from those rabbits who survived.^{[citation needed]}