title: At the mercy of viruses.
abstract: Viruses are responsible for many of the adaptive mutations in the human genome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States.
authors.forename: Claus O
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7470-9261
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Wilke
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States.
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6965-1085
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sawyer
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000818:Animals; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D011506:Proteins; D014780:Viruses
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins
keywords: adaptive evolution; computational biology; evolutionary biology; genomics; host/pathogen interactions; human; human evolution; mammals; systems biology; viruses