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Biological • Evolutionary Puzzles HIV RESISTANCE DUE TO THE CCR5 MUTATION PROVIDED BY ALLELE HEREDITY PERSISTED MUCH EARLIER THAN THE ADVENT OF AIDS 2 weeks agoby mike Evolutionary biology tells us that mutations such as the CCR5 mutation that provides resistance to HIV can be used as an example for evolution, but does the genetic evidence really support this claim? Not exactly.