Reconstruction of the most recent common ancestor sequences of SARS-Cov S gene and detection of adaptive evolution in the spike protein

Chin Sci Bull. 2004;49(12):1311-1313. doi: 10.1360/04wc0153. Epub 2013 Aug 30.

Zhang Yuan¹, Zheng Nan^{2

3}, Hao Pei^{4

5}, Zhong Yang⁶

¹ 1Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100093 Beijing, China.
² 2College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China.
³ 3Institute of Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese CDC, 100052 Beijing, China.
⁴ 4Bioinformation Center, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200031 Shanghai, China.
⁵ 5Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, 200235 Shanghai, China.
⁶ 6School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 200433 Shanghai, China.

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Keywords: Amino Acid Replacement; Much Recent Common Ancestor; Nonsynonymous Substitution; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.