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Episode 73
Published 4 years, 2 months ago
Description
Nels and Vincent review three aspects of SARS-CoV-2: phylogenetics of Omicron, a two-step fitness selection for variants, and putative RNA insertions from host genomes.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Links for this episode
- Two-step fitness selection for SARS-CoV-2 variants (Cell Rep)
- Host origins of SARS-CoV-2 genome insertions (Virological)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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