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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, the putative finding of ancient human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR) DNA sequences in association with a 1500-year-old Chilean mummy has stirred vigorous debate. The debate is based partly on the inherent uncertainties associated with phylogenetic reconstruction when only short sequences of closely related genotypes are available. However, a full analysis of what phylogenetic information is present in the mummy data has not previously been published, leaving open the question of what precisely is the range of admissible interpretation. To fulfill this need, we re-analyzed the mummy data in a new way. We first performed phylogenetic analysis of 188 published LTR DNA sequences from extant strains belonging to the HTLV-1 Cosmopolitan clade, using the method of statistical parsimony which is designed both to optimize phylogenetic resolution among sequences with little evolutionary divergence, and to permit precise mapping of individual sequence mutations onto branches of a divergence network. We then deduced possible phylogenetic positions for the two main categories of published Chilean mummy sequences, based on their published 157-nucleotide LTR sequences. The possible phylogenetic placements for one of the mummy sequence categories are consistent with a modern origin. However, one of these placements for the other mummy sequence category falls very close to the root of the Cosmopolitan clade, consistent with an ancient origin for both this mummy sequence and the Cosmopolitan clade.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1567-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
On the phylogenetic placement of human T cell leukemia virus type 1 sequences associated with an Andean mummy.
pubmed:affiliation
Host Genetics and Prion Diseases Program, National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 3R2. mike_coulthart@hc-sc.gc.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural