⟳ Репост от Alexei Drummond
Looks like another nice example of convergence helping to identify (not so nice for us) adaptation.
Michelle Willecattle B3.13 genotype H5N1 viruses rapidly accumulated adaptations in polymerase genes = better replication in bovine cells, + other mammalian species including humans and pigs: PB2 M631L, PA K497R and PB2 D740N 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...