The consortium has been named ‘G2P-UK’, standing for ‘genotype to phenotype’. They will study how changes in the virus genes (the ‘genotype’) alters the ‘phenotype’. The term ‘phenotype’ describes the observable characteristics of an organism.
The scientists are based at ten research institutions:
- Imperial College London
- The Pirbright Institute
- King’s College London
- University of Glasgow
- University of Bristol
- University of Liverpool
- UCL
- University of Oxford
- University of Cambridge
- Francis Crick Institute.
https://www.ukri.org/news/national-consortium-to-study-threats-of-new-sars-cov-2-variants/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/212533/imperial-leads-consortium-study-threats-from/
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