2. Authors have not actually built a parsimonious tree, and tested its fitness by say bootstrap. They conveniently used a new root citing "global pairwise mutations" & stopped there. Ideally, different root and branch arrangements needs to be statistically tested for validating.
Nov 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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There is a discussion going on with possible origin of SARS-CoV2 with a Bioinformatics analyses. The preprint has arrived at erroneous conclusions, independent critics are as follows in the series
In the preprint , Libing Shen et al analysed 4571 SARS-CoV-2 genomes to identify least mutated strains and suggests Wuhan is not the place where the first human-to-human transmission occurred. The paper is not yet peer reviewed.
Sep 26, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
1/n The most prestigious S&T awards in the country are the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards, named after the Founder Director General of @CSIR_IND -announced on the Foundation Day, i.e. 26th Sept every year. It's my privilege to announce this year's winners:
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