Phylogenetic Study of 2019-nCoV by Using Alignment Free Method (Evolutionary Bifurcation of Novel Coronavirus Mutants)
The phylogenetic tree of SARS-CoV-2 (nCov-19) viruses is reconstructed according to the similarity of genome sequences. The tree topology of Betacoronavirus is remarkably consistent with biologist's systematics. Because the tree construction contains enough information about virus mutants, it is suitable to study the evolutionary relationship between novel coronavirus mutants transmitted among humans. The emergences of 14 kinds of main mutants are studied and these strains can be classified as eight bifurcations of the phylogenetic tree. It is found that there exist three types of virus mutations, namely, the mutation among sub-branches of the same branch, the off-root mutation and the root-oriented mutation between large branches of the tree. From the point of the relation between viral mutation and host selection we found that individuals with low immunity provide a special environment for the positive natural selection of virus evolution. It gives a mechanism to explain why large mutations between two distant branches generally occur in the nCov-19 phylogenetic tree. The finding is helpful to formulate strategies to control the spread of COVID-19.
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