Comparative genomic analysis reveals varying levels of mammalian adaptation to coronavirus infections.

Severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, is of zoonotic origin. Evolutionary analyses assessing whether coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2 infected ancestral species of modern-day animal hosts could be useful in identifying additional reservoirs of poten...

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Main Authors: Sean B King, Mona Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-11-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009560