Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Omicron diverse spike gene mutations identifies multiple inter-variant recombination events
J. Ou, W. Lan, X. Wu, T. Zhao, B. Duan, P. Yang, Y. Ren, L. Quan, W. Zhao, D. Seto, J. Chodosh, J. Wu, Q. Zhang
This study identifies multiple recombination events between SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants and other variants, suggesting co-infection and recombination drive viral evolution.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2022Microbiology