Design of a pan-betacoronavirus vaccine candidate through a phylogenetically informed approach
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq4149
Abstract: Coronaviruses are a diverse family of viruses that crossed over into humans at least seven times, precipitating mild to catastrophic outcomes. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic renewed efforts to identify strains with… read more here.
Keywords: vaccine candidate; design pan; coronavirus; phylogenetically informed ... See more keywords
A convenient correspondence between k-mer-based metagenomic distances and phylogenetically-informed β-diversity measures
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010821
Abstract: k-mer-based distances are often used to describe the differences between communities in metagenome sequencing studies because of their computational convenience and history of effectiveness. Although k-mer-based distances do not use information about taxon abundances, we… read more here.
Keywords: mer; mer based; diversity measures; informed diversity ... See more keywords