Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Evidence for strong mutation bias towards, and selection against, T/U content in SARS-CoV2: implications for attenuated vaccine design.
A. M. Rice, A. Castillo Morales, A. T. Ho…·L. D. Hurst
The paper analyzes SARS-CoV-2 mutation patterns to show strong T/U mutation bias and selection against T, suggesting a strategy for vaccine attenuation by increasing usage of common synonymous codons.
DOI 10.1101/2020.05.11.088112