TWiEVO 71: Faster than a speeding coronavirus
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Show Notes
Nels and Vincent explain a method to calculate the mutation rate of SARS-CoV-2, and the role of a single amino acid change in spike in enhancing fitness of the delta variant and enabling it to out-compete the alpha variant.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Links for this episode- SARS-CoV-2 mutation rate (Genome Biology Evolution)
- Delta spike change enhances fitness (bioRxiv)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels – Leading Edge Symposium Vincent – Epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of SARS-CoV-2
Listener PickThomas – The gene's-eye view of evolution by J. Arvid Ågren
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