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+ | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/30/science/coronavirus-mutations.html How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads] by ''J. Corum'' and ''C. Zimmer'', April 30, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">NY Times</span> | ||
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+ | — The coronavirus is an oily membrane packed with genetic instructions to make millions of copies of itself. The instructions are encoded in 30,000 ''letters'' of RNA — '''a''', '''c''', '''g''' and '''u''' — which the infected cell reads and translates into many kinds of virus proteins. | ||
[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/science/coronavirus-genome-bad-news-wrapped-in-protein.html Inside the Coronavirus Genome] by ''J. Corum'' and ''C. Zimmer'', April 3, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">NY Times</span> | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/science/coronavirus-genome-bad-news-wrapped-in-protein.html Inside the Coronavirus Genome] by ''J. Corum'' and ''C. Zimmer'', April 3, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">NY Times</span> | ||
— The genome of the new coronavirus is less than 30,000 ''letters'' long, while the human genome is over 3 billion. Scientists have identified genes for as many as 29 proteins, which carry out a range of jobs from making copies of the coronavirus to suppressing the body’s immune responses. | — The genome of the new coronavirus is less than 30,000 ''letters'' long, while the human genome is over 3 billion. Scientists have identified genes for as many as 29 proteins, which carry out a range of jobs from making copies of the coronavirus to suppressing the body’s immune responses. | ||
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+ | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/11/science/how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells] by ''J. Corum'' and ''C. Zimmer'', March 13, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">NY Times</span> | ||
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+ | — The virus that causes Covid-19 is currently spreading around the world. At least six other types of coronavirus are known to infect humans, with some causing the common cold and two causing outbreaks: SARS and MERS. | ||
[https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/examples/COVID19Gene Genetic Data for SARS-CoV-2], April 12, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">Wolfram</span> | [https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/examples/COVID19Gene Genetic Data for SARS-CoV-2], April 12, 2020 — <span class="is-all-small-caps">Wolfram</span> | ||
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— This interactive dashboard displays recent information on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, patient symptoms and outcomes, and the genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). | — This interactive dashboard displays recent information on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, patient symptoms and outcomes, and the genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). | ||
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How Coronavirus Mutates and Spreads by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, April 30, 2020 — NY Times
— The coronavirus is an oily membrane packed with genetic instructions to make millions of copies of itself. The instructions are encoded in 30,000 letters of RNA — a, c, g and u — which the infected cell reads and translates into many kinds of virus proteins.
Inside the Coronavirus Genome by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, April 3, 2020 — NY Times
— The genome of the new coronavirus is less than 30,000 letters long, while the human genome is over 3 billion. Scientists have identified genes for as many as 29 proteins, which carry out a range of jobs from making copies of the coronavirus to suppressing the body’s immune responses.
How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells by J. Corum and C. Zimmer, March 13, 2020 — NY Times
— The virus that causes Covid-19 is currently spreading around the world. At least six other types of coronavirus are known to infect humans, with some causing the common cold and two causing outbreaks: SARS and MERS.
Genetic Data for SARS-CoV-2, April 12, 2020 — Wolfram
— This interactive dashboard displays recent information on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, patient symptoms and outcomes, and the genetic makeup of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
How do sources compare? by H. Ritchie et al., March 19, 2020 — Our World in Data
— There are three key sources providing regular updates of COVID-19 cases and deaths globally and by country.
NOTE: Script for downloading the CSV file into R
1 #these libraries need to be loaded
2 library(utils)
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4 #read the Dataset sheet into “R”. The dataset will be called "data".
5 data <- read.csv("https://opendata.ecdc.europa.eu/covid19/casedistribution/csv", na.strings = "", fileEncoding = "UTF-8-BOM")
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