Substantial Deceleration of Adaptation of HIV-1 Within 1,500 Generations in an Experimental Evolution: A Genomic Perspective
Ali Movasati, Christine Leemann, Kathrin Neumann, Rongfeng Chen, Lygeri Sakellaridi, Karin Jutta Metzner, Roland R. Regoes
This study tracks HIV-1 adaptation over 1,500 generations in human T-cell lines, finding a substantial deceleration in adaptive mutation fixation rates and fitness gains.
Virus Evolution · Jan 1, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology