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Predicting the evolution of human influenza A.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 Dec 1999
Bush R M, Bender C A, Subbarao K, Cox N J, Fitch W M
Abstract excerpt
Eighteen codons in the HA1 domain of the hemagglutinin genes of human influenza A subtype H3 appear to be under positive selection to change the amino acid they encode. Retrospective tests show that viral lineages undergoing the greatest number of mutations in the positively selected codons were the progenitors of future H3 lineages in 9 of 11 recent influenza seasons. Codons under positive selection were...
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