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Molecular clock of HIV-1 envelope genes under early immune selection.
Retrovirology - 1 Jun 2016
Park Sung Yong, Love Tanzy M T, Perelson Alan S, Mack Wendy J, Lee Ha Youn
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The molecular clock hypothesis that genes or proteins evolve at a constant rate is a key tool to reveal phylogenetic relationships among species. Using the molecular clock, we can trace an infection back to transmission using HIV-1 sequences from a single time point. Whether or not a strict molecular clock applies to HIV-1's early evolution in the presence of immune selection has not yet been fully...
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