D614G mutation eventuates in all VOI and VOC in SARS-CoV-2: Is it part of the positive selection pioneered by Darwin?

• Main Authors: Chiranjib Chakraborty (Author), Abinit Saha (Author), Ashish Ranjan Sharma (Author), Manojit Bhattacharya (Author), Sang-Soo Lee (Author), Govindasamy Agoramoorthy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recently, several emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 have originated from the Wuhan strain and spread throughout the globe within one and a half years. One mutation, D614G, is very prominent in all VOI and VOC in SARS-CoV-2. This mutation might help to increase the viral fitness in all emerging variant...