Wavelet-based multifractal analysis and fractal Signature of SARS-Cov-2 Coronavirus Variants genomes.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-788140/v1

Abstract

In this paper, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variants of concern and of interest genomes are analyzed using the wavelet transform modulus maxima lines (WTMM) method. The goal is to track the monofractal behavior of the virus genomes and to investigate the Long-Range-Correlation (LRC) character through the estimation of the Hurst exponent. The obtained results demonstrate the multifractal and the anti-correlated characters in the variants of concern for the Knucleotidic and GC DNA coding. The fractal signatures of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variants are investigated through the indicator matrix maps of the genomes, they exhibit the same patterns for the variants (Alpha, Delta) and (Eta, Lota, Kappa) with moving positions, while the variants Beta, Gamma and Epsilon have different indicator matrixes.  The fractal dimensions of SARS-CoV-2 variants are oscillating aroundI, except the Epsilon variant from USA, where the fractal dimension is 1.70.

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Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.