Genome analyses help track coronavirus' moves
Kai Kupferschmidt
Abstract
Mutations can reveal connections between outbreaks—but it's easy to overinterpret them
Topics & Concepts
Track (disk drive)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusOutbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Genome2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBiologyPandemicVirologyComputational biologyGeneticsFast trackMutationComputer scienceGeneBioinformaticsMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseOperating systemPathologySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research