Research Article

Computational Analysis Suggests That Lyssavirus Glycoprotein Gene Plays a Minor Role in Viral Adaptation

Table 6

Detection of selection pressure on glycoprotein gene using methods implemented in the Datamonkey website.

DatasetMean dN/dS Positive selection sitesNegative selection sitesCodon ( 𝑃 -Value)
SLACFELRELSLACFELRELSLACFELREL

Dataset I0.12260.12780003974180
Dataset II0.12310.12740003914170
Dataset III0.12140.12330103864160416 (.0999)

Dataset I: The whole 53 nucleotide sequences. Dataset II: AY987478 was excluded. Dataset III: the six putative recombinants were excluded.