vhcub: Virus-Host Codon Usage Co-Adaptation Analysis R package

What is it about?

vhcub is an R package to analyze the co-adaptation of codon usage between a virus and its host, with several implementations of indices and plots. The tool is available from: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/vhcub/.

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Why is it important?

Some software tools can analyze the codon usage of organisms; however, their performance has room for improvement, as these tools do not focus on examining the codon usage co-adaptation between viruses and their hosts. Our R package vhcub , is a crucial tool used to analyze the co-adaptation of codon usage between a virus and its host.