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ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2011

HIV-1 infected monozygotic twins: a tale of two outcomes.

Loubna Tazi, Hiromi Imamichi, Steven Hirschfeld, Julia A Metcalf, Susan Orsega, Marcos Pérez-Losada, David Posada, H Clifford Lane, Keith A Crandall

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Article in BMC evolutionary biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The evolution of HIV: inferences using phylogenetics.Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Loubna TaziDivision of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville, TX, USA. Loubna.Tazi@uth.tmc.edu
Hiromi Imamichi
Steven Hirschfeld
Julia A Metcalf
Susan Orsega
Marcos Pérez-Losada
David Posada
H Clifford Lane
Keith A Crandall
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USBrigham Young University · USEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USNational Institutes of Health · USScience Applications International Corporation (United States) · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center · USUniversidade de Vigo · ESUniversidade do Porto · PT

Funding

Pathogenesis and Treatment of HIV InfectionZIAAI000585 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI LANE, CLIFFORD · 2009 to 2025
$26.8M
Phylogenetics and recombinationR01GM066276 · NIGMS · BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY · PI CRANDALL, KEITH A. · 2002 to 2005
$503k
Intramural NIH HHSNIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM66276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReplicate experiments are often difficult to find in evolutionary biology, as this field is inherently an historical science. However, viruses, bacteria and phages provide opportunities to study evolution in both natural and experimental contexts, due to their accelerated rates of evolution and short generation times. Here we investigate HIV-1 evolution by using a natural model represented by monozygotic twins infected synchronically at birth with an HIV-1 population from a shared blood transfusion source. We explore the evolutionary processes and population dynamics that shape viral diversity of HIV in these monozygotic twins.

resultsDespite the identical host genetic backdrop of monozygotic twins and the identical source and timing of the HIV-1 inoculation, the resulting HIV populations differed in genetic diversity, growth rate, recombination rate, and selection pressure between the two infected twins.

conclusionsOur study shows that the outcome of evolution is strikingly different between these two "replicates" of viral evolution. Given the identical starting points at infection, our results support the impact of random epigenetic selection in early infection dynamics. Our data also emphasize the need for a better understanding of the impact of host-virus interactions in viral evolution.

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Twins, MonozygoticDiseases in TwinsEvolution, MolecularGenetic VariationHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMalePhylogenyPopulation DynamicsRNA, ViralSequence Analysis, RNARNA, Viral

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PMID21385447
PMCPMC3070645
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