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. 2020 Jul 28;8:e9648. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9648

Table 1. Number and relative proportions of mutations and substitutions (Method 1) in SARS-CoV-2.

P-values are calculated with a two-tailed Fishers exact test and are not corrected for multiple comparisons.

Type Mutations Substitutions % Mutations % Substitutions Excess of mutations P-value
A–C 30 5 2.4 1.1 2.16 0.121
A–G 128 68 10.2 15.1 0.68 0.007
A–U 40 18 3.2 4.0 0.80 0.449
C–A 38 9 3.0 2.0 1.52 0.315
C–G 10 4 0.8 0.9 0.90 0.770
C–U 460 118 36.8 26.2 1.40 <0.0001
G–A 114 29 9.1 6.4 1.41 0.092
G–C 35 2 2.8 0.4 6.29 0.002
G–U 193 7 15.4 1.6 9.92 <0.0001
U–A 42 27 3.4 6.0 0.56 0.0179
U–C 129 157 10.3 34.9 0.30 <0.0001
U–G 32 6 2.6 1.3 1.92 0.191