Xinmin Yao

TL;DR: The results suggest that the development of new variations in functional sites in the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike seen in SARS-CoV-2 and viruses from pangolin SARSr-CoVs are likely caused by natural selection besides recombination.

TL;DR: The results suggest the emergence, repression specificity and strength of piRNAs on TEs should be considered in studying the landscapes of TE insertions in Drosophila, and also provide novel insights into the nature of genomic conflicts of other forms.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in 121,618 high-quality SARS-CoV-2 genomes and divided these viral genomes into two major lineages (L and S) based on variants at sites 8782 and 28144.

TL;DR: Forward simulations of the molecular evolution of viral genomes by incorporating mutations and natural selection and the effect of sequence similarity between the outgroup and ingroup lineages on the accuracy of ancestral allele inference are evaluated.