Natural selection of the D614G mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant and its subvariants

• Chiranjib Chakraborty,
• Abinit Saha,
• Manojit Bhattacharya,
• Kuldeep Dhama,
• Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

Affiliations

Chiranjib Chakraborty

Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700126, India; Corresponding author: Chiranjib Chakraborty, PhD, Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700126, India.

Abinit Saha

Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700126, India

Manojit Bhattacharya

Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore 756020, Odisha, India

Kuldeep Dhama

Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 243122, Uttar Pradesh, India

Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Yanpu, Pingtung 907, Taiwan; Corresponding author: Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, PhD, College of Pharmacy and Health Care, Tajen University, Yanpu, Pingtung 907, Taiwan.