Distinct mutational landscapes and phylogenomic insights of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in Pakistan and India: Regional evolution, novel mutations, and epidemiological implications

• Nazia Fiaz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Genetic and Genomic Laboratory, Deptartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Atia Basheer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  * E-mail: atia.basheer@uvas.edu.pk

  Affiliation Genetic and Genomic Laboratory, Deptartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9765-7310

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• Imran Zahoor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Genetic and Genomic Laboratory, Deptartment of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Saima Naveed,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Animal Nutrition, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Tahir Yaqub

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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