Nels and Vincent discuss the identification of novel bat coronaviruses that shed light on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, dating the first cases of COVID-19 to mid-November 2019, and recovery of deleted genome sequences from early in the Wuhan outbreak.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Identification of novel bat coronaviruses (Cell) 2:17
- Dating first cases of COVID-19 (PLoS Path) 29:03
- Recovery of deleted SARS-CoV-2 sequences (bioRxiv) 40:19
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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