[HTML][HTML] A genomic perspective on the origin and emergence of SARS-CoV-2

YZ Zhang, EC Holmes - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The ongoing pandemic of a new human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has generated
enormous global concern. We and others in China were involved in the initial genome …

One year of SARS-CoV-2 evolution

A Wu, L Wang, HY Zhou, CY Ji, SZ Xia, Y Cao… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2021 - cell.com
Since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the viral
genome has acquired numerous mutations with the potential to increase transmission. One …

An evolutionary portrait of the progenitor SARS-CoV-2 and its dominant offshoots in COVID-19 pandemic

S Kumar, Q Tao, S Weaver… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Global sequencing of genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) has continued to reveal new genetic variants that are the key to unraveling its early …

On the origin and continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2

X Tang, C Wu, X Li, Y Song, X Yao, X Wu… - National science …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic started in late December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has since
impacted a large portion of China and raised major global concern. Herein, we investigated …

The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2

L Van Dorp, M Acman, D Richard, LP Shaw… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is a SARS-like coronavirus of likely zoonotic origin first identified in December
2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province. The virus has since spread globally …

[PDF][PDF] Unusual features of the SARS-CoV-2 genome suggesting sophisticated laboratory modification rather than natural evolution and delineation of its probable …

LM Yan, S Kang, J Guan, S Hu - Preprint, 2020 - researchgate.net
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has led to over
910,000 deaths worldwide and unprecedented decimation of the global economy. Despite …

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A genetic, epidemiological, and evolutionary perspective

M Sironi, SE Hasnain, B Rosenthal, T Phan… - Infection, genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In less than five months, COVID-19 has spread from a small focus in Wuhan, China, to more
than 5 million people in almost every country in the world, dominating the concern of most …

Comparative genomic analysis of rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 reveals mosaic pattern of phylogeographical distribution

R Kumar, H Verma, N Singhvi, U Sood, V Gupta… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that started in Wuhan, China, in
December 2019 has spread worldwide, emerging as a global pandemic. The severe …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Guangdong province, China

J Lu, L du Plessis, Z Liu, V Hill, M Kang, H Lin, J Sun… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection and
was first reported in central China in December 2019. Extensive molecular surveillance in …