Nels and Vincent review three aspects of SARS-CoV-2: phylogenetics of Omicron, a two-step fitness selection for SARS-CoV-2 variants, and putative RNA insertions from host genomes.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Two-step fitness selection for SARS-CoV-2 variants (Cell Rep) 29:06
- Host origins of SARS-CoV-2 genome insertions (Virological) 56:44
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