Table 4

dN/dS ratios in the envelope gp41 sequences within mother sets and within infant sets.

Mother sets

Infant sets

Pair

N

P1

P2

P3

dN/dS

Pair

N

P1

P2

P3

dN/dS

B

14

85.24

0.0

14.76

6.04

B

14

69.66

21.07

9.27

13.02

D

14

78.06

20.28

1.65

7.88

D

20

55.33

40.10

4.57

21.97

E

13

55.72

0

44.27

6.77

E

13

15.73

70.44

13.83

5.36

F

17

0

96.2

3.7

1.93

F

8

65.53

0.0

34.47

3.79

G

20

95.71

3.29

1.00

3.85

G

15

0

99.58

0.41

16.21

Total

78

62.95

23.95

13.08

5.29

Total

70

41.25

53.13

12.51

12.07

N = Number of gp41 clones sequenced; P1 = proportion of conserved codons as a percent; P2 = proportion of neutral codons as a percent; P3 = proportion of positively selected codons as a percent; dN/dS = dN/dS ratio at P3 sites. Totals were calculated as the average of all values.

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