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Natural selection and resistance to HIV

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A genotype that lowers susceptibility to HIV extends survival at a time of peak fertility.

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Figure 1: Expected lifetime reproduction of carriers of CCR5 mutations relative to the normal CCR5 genotype as a function of the period between HIV infection and the onset of AIDS.

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    Paul Schliekelman, Chad Garner & Montgomery Slatkin

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