Article
Evolutionary insights into host-pathogen interactions from mammalian sequence data.
Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Sironi Manuela, Cagliani Rachele, Forni Diego, Clerici Mario
Abstract excerpt
Infections are one of the major selective pressures acting on humans, and host-pathogen interactions contribute to shaping the genetic diversity of both organisms. Evolutionary genomic studies take advantage of experiments that natural selection has been performing over millennia. In particular, inter-species comparative genomic analyses can highlight the genetic determinants of infection susceptibility or...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- Genetic Variation
- Genomics
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Mammals
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
