Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Dynamically evolving novel overlapping gene as a factor in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
C. W. Nelson, Z. Ardern, T. L. Goldberg…·X. Wei
The paper identifies and characterizes ORF3d, a novel overlapping gene in SARS-CoV-2, showing its presence in pangolin-CoVs and its evolutionary significance.
DOI 10.7554/elife.59633