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Amino acid covariation in a functionally important human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protein region is associated with population subdivision.
Genetics - 1 May 2009
da Silva Jack
Abstract excerpt
The frequently reported amino acid covariation of the highly polymorphic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) exterior envelope glycoprotein V3 region has been assumed to reflect fitness epistasis between residues. However, nonrandom association of amino acids, or linkage disequilibrium, has many possible causes, including population subdivision. If the amino acids at a set of sequence sites differ in...
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