Coronavirus mutation rate found out

30 August 2021, 18:10 | Science
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British researchers find that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus mutates almost once a week. This is twice as often as previously thought. The corresponding article of scientists was published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution. Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Edinburgh argue that during previous studies, mutations that were not sequenced were not taken into account..

In particular, the experts did not take into account the negative selection mutations - harmful to SARS-CoV-2, because the viruses did not reach the point where their genome could be sequenced.. " Scientists have discovered positive selection of more stable viral proteins, which allows infection to conserve energy and replicate rapidly. We will remind, earlier experts called the main differences between antibodies in patients with coronavirus and vaccinated. Infectious disease specialist named a new symptom of coronavirus News from Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet Author: 1.




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