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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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The evolutionary origin of HIV help researchers devises better ways to treat AIDS and control its spread and also explain how can evolutionary thinking help advance medical research.
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Evolution occurs in nature as a result of natural selection, mutation, and hybridization. It is characterized by the change in heritable characteristics of organisms in a population with generation.
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