Natural selection exerted by historical coronavirus epidemic(s): comparative genetic analysis in China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank
Sam Morris, Kuang Lin, Iona Y. Millwood, Canqing Yu, Jun Lv, Pei Pei, Liming Li, Dianjianyi Sun, George Davey Smith, Zhengming Chen, Robin G. Walters
The paper investigates historical coronavirus selection events using genetic data from China Kadoorie Biobank and UK Biobank, finding enrichment of virus-interacting genes in East Asians but not in UKB.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2024 · PreprintGenomics