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This type of analysis, which was never previously published in CLL, yielded the following novel insights. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>CLL dominant clones undergo \u2013 or retain \u2013 more replacement mutations that alter amino acid properties such as charge or hydropathy. Although, as expected, CLL dominant clones undergo weaker selection for replacement mutations in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) and against replacement mutations in the framework regions (FWRs) than non-dominant clones in the same patients or normal B cell clones in healthy controls, they surprisingly retain some of the latter selection in their FWRs. 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