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A selective sweep in the Spike gene has driven SARS-CoV-2 human adaptation

Lin Kang, Guijuan He, Amanda K. Sharp, Xiaofeng Wang, Anne M. Brown, Pawel Michalak, James Weger‐Lucarelli

2021Cell112 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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BiologyMutationCoronavirusSelective sweepMutantGeneGeneticsAdaptation (eye)MutagenesisVirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GenotypeHaplotypeDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyMedicineNeuroscienceSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology