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. 2008 Jul 10;9:304. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-9-304

Table 2.

The average selection acting on the HIV2 genome.

Region Genes Type Selection
1 gag Single 0.21
2 gag, pol Double 0.51
3 pol Single 0.24
4 pol, vif Double 0.54
5 vif Single 0.36
6 vif, vpx Double 0.63
7 vpx Single 0.28
8 vpr Single 0.60
9 vpr, tat Double 0.44
10 tat Single 0.45
11 tat, rev Double 0.70
12 env Single 0.45
13 env, nef Double 0.99
14 nef Single 0.57

The average selection acting on each of the seven regions of the HIV2 genome, measured by weighing each expected mutation by its appropriate selection coefficient. Selection on double coding regions appears to tend to be more lenient