Homo-harringtonine (HHT) is highly effective against SARS-CoV-2-A potential first-line defense in future coronavirus epidemics

HJ Wen, HJ Ma, GX Zhong, A Ding… - National Science …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
As COVID-19 is the third coronavirus epidemic in this century, it would be desirable to have
a treatment scheme in anticipation of a fourth one. We here present a scheme that could …

Multi‐Organ Spread and Intra‐Host Diversity of SARS‐CoV‐2 Support Viral Persistence, Adaptation, and a Mechanism That Increases Evolvability

JM Manrique, S Maffia‐Bizzozero… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intra‐host diversity is an intricate phenomenon related to immune evasion, antiviral
resistance, and evolutionary leaps along transmission chains. SARS‐CoV‐2 intra‐host …

Sequence signatures within the genome of SARS-CoV-2 can be used to predict host source

J Rudar, P Kruczkiewicz, O Vernygora… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
We conducted an in silico analysis to better understand the potential factors impacting host
adaptation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in white …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling viral evolution: A novel SIRSVIDE framework with application to SARS-CoV-2 dynamics

K Jin, X Tang, Z Qian, Z Wu, Z Yang, T Qian, C Hon… - hLife, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding evolutionary trends in emerging viruses, such as severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is crucial for effective public health management …

The paradox of extremely fast evolution driven by genetic drift in multi-copy gene systems

X Wang, Y Ruan, L Zhang, X Chen, Z Shi, H Wang… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Genetic drift should be any random forces that change gene frequency stochastically. While
the conventions including the WF (Wright-Fisher) model are about sampling errors between …

The integrated WF-Haldane (WFH) model of genetic drift resolving the many paradoxes of molecular evolution

Y Ruan, X Wang, M Hou, W Diao, ME Tracy, S Xu… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Genetic drift, the random changes in frequencies of neutral variants, is the fundamental force
of molecular evolution. Under-estimation of genetic drift is a major cause of mis-conclusions …

Applying Multivariate Decision Trees to Visualize, Select Features, and Gain Insights into Biodiversity Genomics Datasets

J Rudar - 2024 - atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca
Advancements of sequencing technology has provided an unprecedented window into a
previously hidden world of biological diversity. This technology has allowed for the …

Tradeoffs between proliferation and transmission in virus evolution–insights from evolutionary and functional analyses of SARS-CoV-2

JH Tai, DC Lee, HF Lin, TL Chao, Y Ruan, YW Cheng… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
To be successful a virus must maintain high between-host transmissibility while also
effectively adapting within hosts. The impact of these potentially conflicting demands on viral …

Genome surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Wuhan in June 2023

Y Yan, Z Pan, L Mao, P Niu, F Lu, Y Li, Z Li - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has had a significant impact on global
social and economic activities. The continuous emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants has …