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To misquote Samuel Johnson, Hillary Clinton attempting to make jokes on television is like a dog trying to walk on its hind legs: really awkward for everyone involved. Since everything Hillary does feels like the result of at least eight focus groups, there must be some reason she has decided...
Newman and Johnson said that Old World and New World monkeys split from each other a long time ago, and that this was a rare instance of evolution producing virtually exactly the same protein twice. The gene must have been under strong selective pressure, according to the authors.
“It’s an eloquent example of convergent evolution, of two different lines arriving at the same solution to a problem,” O’Neil said.
Still, the study adds little to understanding about the evolution of HIV, according to Joseph G. Sodroski, a professor of pathology at the Medical School.
“I don’t think it says anything about HIV evolution, that I can see,” he said.