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. 2021 Mar 20;7(1):veab020. doi: 10.1093/ve/veab020

Table 2.

Non-synonymous mutations and codons under positive selection.

Virus No. of sequences Gene region Lengtha dN and indel
Positive selection
No. of codons P value*b No. of codons P value*b
S 1172 121 15
HCoV-229Eb 59 S1 688 92 <0.0001 14 0.0060
RBD 142 34 <0.0001 6 0.0380
S 1362 217 44
HCoV-OC43b 148 S1 766 152 <0.0001 38 <0.0001
RBD 296 71 0.0225 23 0.0045
HA 566 165 17
IAV H3N2b 477 HA1 330 134 <0.0001 15 0.0192
RBD 217 95 0.0143 13 0.0807
a

Amino acid residues.

b

Gene lengths according to GenBank nos. MH048989 for HCoV-229E, AY903460 for HCoV-OC43, and CY173187 for IAV H3N2.

*

Statistical significance according to χ2 tests.

indel, insert-deletion mutations; S, spike.