(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...
A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...
Study shows zoonotic viruses like SARS-CoV-2 can transmit between humans without prior adaptation, unlike lab-passaged ...
Contrary to prevailing belief, an evolutionary analysis finds no evidence that most viruses with epidemic or pandemic ...
A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of ...
Epidemics of infectious disease often come in waves, but the causes of these waves aren't clear, frustrating efforts to predict or mitigate them. Are waves of infection caused by transmission ...
There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...