Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Transition from infectivity and immune escape to pure escape as an evolutionary strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ben Kotzen, Sarah F. Gurev, Noor Youssef…·Jacob E. Lemieux
The paper models SARS-CoV-2 evolution during the pandemic, finding that immune escape became more important than infectivity as variants evolved.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.26.706090