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Have you actually read it ? Can you give your opinion about the ratio between silent/non-silent mutations ? Because it is the main and most compelling argument.
by cassepipe 5y ago
Have you actually read it ? Can you give your opinion about the ratio between silent/non-silent mutations ? Because it is the main and most compelling argument.
- kelnos 5y agoAnother commenter pointed out that the probability of this ratio is around 4% (haven't checked the math on that, though; statistics was never my strong suit). While that sounds like it's unlikely, this virus is bouncing around and mutating in hundreds of millions of people. When your absolute numbers are that large, unlikely events should be expected to happen, and happen fairly often.
- tim333 5y agoNot something I know much about but assuming there was a lot of selective pressure because the virus was in a new environment, likely a mouse, and one virus gets a silent mutation and another a non-silent, the non silent might zip ahead and take over?