Rampant C→U Hypermutation in the Genomes of SARS-CoV-2 and Other Coronaviruses: Causes and Consequences for Their Short- and Long-Term Evolutionary Trajectories

The wealth of accurately curated sequence data for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), its long genome, and its low substitution rate provides a relatively blank canvas with which to investigate effects of mutational and editing processes imposed by the host cell. The findi...

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Main Author: P. Simmonds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-06-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00408-20