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, C. Mordstein, S. Mühlhausen, S. Watson, L. Cano, B. Young, G. Kudla, 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.
bioRxiv · May 11, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology