This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 64: Seeing the lineages for the variants


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Nels and Vincent consider evolution of antibody immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and update the situation on novel virus variants of concern with potentially altered fitness and reactivity with antibodies.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Links for this episode
  • Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (Nature)
  • mRNA vaccine-elicited antibodies to variants (bioRxiv)
  • Scott Hensley thread (Twitter)
  • Analysis of B.1.17 lineage (virological)
  • Trevor Bedford thread (Twitter)
  • Andrew Rambaut on variant naming (Twitter)
  • Letters read on TWiEVO 64
  • Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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