id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-328644-odtue60a Comandatore, Francesco Insurgence and worldwide diffusion of genomic variants in SARS-CoV-2 genomes 2020-05-28 .txt text/plain 6535 301 50 These variants might arise during the spread of the epidemic, as viruses are known for their high frequency of mutation, particularly in single stranded RNA viruses -as in the case of SARS-CoV-2 (Sanjuán and Domingo-Calap 2016) , which has a single, positive-strand RNA genome. To have a better insight on the history and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and thanks to the sequences deposited in the Gisaid database, we identified 7 non synonymous mutations that are differentially frequent in Italian SARS-CoV-2 strains respect to strains circulating globally. Our analysis allowed us to identify 7 positions in four proteins that present drastic changes in amino acid frequencies when comparing Italian sequences with worldwide sequences available on Gisaid.org on April, 10, 2020 ( Figure 1 ). ./cache/cord-328644-odtue60a.txt ./txt/cord-328644-odtue60a.txt