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Table 2 The average selection acting on the HIV2 genome.

From: Investigating selection on viruses: a statistical alignment approach

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

  1. 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