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Should We Apply Evolutionary Theories to the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2?
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: Received: 18 April 2020 / Approved: 19 April 2020 / Online: 19 April 2020 (13:58:58 CEST)
How to cite: Feng, H. Should We Apply Evolutionary Theories to the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2?. Preprints 2020, 2020040352 Feng, H. Should We Apply Evolutionary Theories to the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2?. Preprints 2020, 2020040352
Abstract
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) has caused severe damage to the world. With the support of classic evolutionary theories and population genetics principles, many studies on the origin of SARS-CoV-2 have revealed encouraging results but meanwhile are still under debate. We are concerned with the validity of applying classic evolutionary theories and formula to the evolution of RNA viruses. We have raised several factors like the RNA replication feature and the RNA modification systems of the hosts, which might jeopardize the validity of the application of classic methods to analyze the SARS-CoV-2 data.
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; evolution and origin; RNA virus; application; concerns
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Virology
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