POSITIVE SELECTION. “Host genomes are continually selected to encode sensors that better recognize viruses, and viruses are continually selected to evade or disrupt these sensors. This ongoing evolutionary struggle is called a molecular “arms race”. Arms races play out in the protein–protein interactions that exist between host and virus proteins, and they drive endless rounds of “positive selection” for mutations that alter these interactions.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022