CCL3L Copy Number Variation and the Co-Evolution of Primate and Viral Genomes.

In this article the author discusses the co-evolution of primate and viral genomes and its link to chemokine ligands 3 (CCL3). The author refers to the study of Degenhardt and colleagues which examined the association of copy number variations (CNV) and disease susceptibility in non-human primates. The author believes that the findings of Degenhardt and colleagues have practical implications in the development of effective HIV vaccine through the stratified rhesus on chemokine CNV.