A recent study has found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic, can boost its fitness using genetic recombination, a process in which genetic material of different species of coronavirus is exchanged to produce a new genetic variant of the virus. The study used phylogenetic tracking, one of the most effective and fastest ways to track the variants of the virus. This means that more future variants of the virus will be discovered in near future at a faster rate. The increased rate of discovery can help the nations to manage their vaccine strategy as the new variants can affect the efficacy of vaccines.
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