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SARSMutOnto: An Ontology for SARS-CoV-2 Lineages and Mutations.
Viruses - 11 Feb 2023
Bakkas Jamal, Hanine Mohamed, Chekry Abderrahman, Gounane Said, de la Torre Díez Isabel, Lipari Vivian, López Nohora Milena Martínez, Ashraf Imran
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Mutations allow viruses to continuously evolve by changing their genetic code to adapt to the hosts they infect. It is an adaptive and evolutionary mechanism that helps viruses acquire characteristics favoring their survival and propagation. The COVID-19 pandemic declared by the WHO in March 2020 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The non-stop adaptive mutations of this virus and the emergence of several variants...
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