A comparative recombination analysis of human coronaviruses and implications for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

A comparative recombination analysis of human coronaviruses and implications for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic prompts evaluation of recombination in human coronavirus (hCoV) evolution. We undertook recombination analyses of 158,118 public seasonal hCoV, SARS-CoV-1, SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV genome sequences using the RDP4 software. We found moderate evidence for 8 SARS-CoV-2 r...

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Main Authors: Simon Pollett, Matthew A. Conte, Mark Sanborn, Richard G. Jarman, Grace M. Lidl, Kayvon Modjarrad, Irina Maljkovic Berry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96626-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96626-8

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