What is homology?
Homology of a gene refers to how similar the genetic code or protein amino acid sequence is between two differ rent things you are comparing. For example if you have two different viral strains and you look at the genetic code for each of them, nucleic acid, by nucleic acid, you can determine what the differences are and the calculate the percent homology (or similarity) between those two strains. When things are VERY homologous, it means they are probably derived evolutionarily very close to each other, whereas if they are NOT very homologous, they are probably not very closely evolutionarily related. Q: It is my understanding that we cannot cure/eradicate HIV because it mutates/evolves so quickly with RNA transcription errors. Is it possible to make an antivirus that mutates at the same frequency or rate as the mutating HIV virus?
