SARS-CoV-2 Evolution: On the Sudden Appearance of the Omicron Variant

Emergence of Omicron third lineage BA.3 and its importance

(2022) Perumal A. Desingu et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY

Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Africa: a data linkage study

(2022) Nicole Wolter et al.   LANCET

Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

(2022) Raquel Viana et al.   NATURE

Emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern with mutations in spike glycoprotein

(2021) Houriiyah Tegally et al.   NATURE

Heavily mutated Omicron variant puts scientists on alert

(2021) Ewen Callaway   NATURE

Where did ‘weird’ Omicron come from?

(2021) Kai Kupferschmidt   SCIENCE

Relative Reproduction Number of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) Compared with Delta Variant in South Africa

(2021) Hiroshi Nishiura et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Persistence and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in an Immunocompromised Host

(2020) Bina Choi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

On the biased nucleotide composition of the human coronavirus RNA genome

(2015) Ben Berkhout et al.   VIRUS RESEARCH

APOBEC3G-Induced Hypermutation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 Is Typically a Discrete “All or Nothing” Phenomenon

(2012) Andrew E. Armitage et al.   PLoS Genetics

Recombination, Reservoirs, and the Modular Spike: Mechanisms of Coronavirus Cross-Species Transmission

(2009) R. L. Graham et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Likely Role of APOBEC3G-Mediated G-to-A Mutations in HIV-1 Evolution and Drug Resistance

(2009) Patric Jern et al.   PLoS Pathogens