At the mercy of viruses

Elife. 2016 May 17:5:e16758. doi: 10.7554/eLife.16758.

Abstract

Viruses are responsible for many of the adaptive mutations in the human genome.

Keywords: adaptive evolution; computational biology; evolutionary biology; genomics; host/pathogen interactions; human; human evolution; mammals; systems biology; viruses.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization
  • Animals
  • Genomics*
  • Humans
  • Mammals
  • Proteins
  • Viruses*

Substances

  • Proteins