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Genealogical evidence for positive selection in the nef gene of HIV-1.
Genetics - 1 Nov 1999
Zanotto P M, Kallas E G, de Souza R F, Holmes E C
Abstract excerpt
The pattern and process of evolution in the nef gene of HIV-1 was analyzed within and among patients. Using a maximum likelihood method that allows for variable intensity of selection pressure among codons, strong positive selection was detected in a hemophiliac patient over 30 mo of infection. By reconstructing the process of allele substitution in this patient using parsimony, the synapomorphic amino acid...
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