Evolutionary Analysis (5th Edition)
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Author: Jon C. Herron, Scott Freeman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Suppose that HIV were the ancestor of the SIVs, instead of the other way around. If immunodeficiency viruses were originally transmitted from humans to monkeys and chimpanzees, make a sketch of what Figure 1.25a would look like.
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Evolutionary Analysis (5th Edition)
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