Nels and Vincent review three aspects of SARS-CoV-2: phylogenetics of Omicron, a two-step fitness selection for variants, and putative RNA insertions from host genomes.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Links for this episode * Two-step fitness selection for SARS-CoV-2 variants (Cell Rep) * Host origins of SARS-CoV-2 genome insertions (Virological) * Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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