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Host-Virus Arms Races Drive Elevated Adaptive Evolution in Viral Receptors.
Journal of virology - 30 Jul 2020
Wang Wenqiang, Zhao Huayao, Han Guan-Zhu
Abstract excerpt
Viral receptors are the cell surface proteins that are hijacked by viruses to initialize their infections. Viral receptors are subject to two conflicting directional forces, namely, negative selection due to functional constraints and positive selection due to host-virus arms races. It remains largely obscure whether negative pleiotropy limits the rate of adaptation in viral receptors. Here, we perform...
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