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Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nature microbiology - 1 Nov 2020
Boni Maciej F, Lemey Philippe, Jiang Xiaowei, Lam Tommy Tsan-Yuk, Perry Blair W, Castoe Todd A, Rambaut Andrew, Robertson David L
Abstract excerpt
There are outstanding evolutionary questions on the recent emergence of human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 including the role of reservoir species, the role of recombination and its time of divergence from animal viruses. We find that the sarbecoviruses-the viral subgenus containing SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2-undergo frequent recombination and exhibit spatially structured genetic diversity on a regional scale in China....
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