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. 2012 Mar;190(3):1087–1099. doi: 10.1534/genetics.111.136366

Table 2 . Sets of values for the major parameters resulting in low, middle, and high rates of adaptive evolution.

Parameter Low Middle High
No. of simultaneously targeted loci, L* 1 3 5
Mutation rate (/bp/generation), μ 7.3 × 10−7 6.0 × 10−6 4.9 × 10−5
Set point viral load (infected cells), N* 1 × 107 5 × 107 1 × 108
Viral generation length (days), g 2 1.5 1
Day of seroconversion (days p.i.), t* 28 25 21
Cell killing rate (day−1), c 0.15 0.30 0.45