- SARS-CoV-2 evolved after several different coronaviruses merged into one, a study has found. However, slight differences it far more stable and 1,000 times better at latching on to a receptor on human cells. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-020-0468-7 8 comments science
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- Here's How Scientists Know Coronavirus Wasn't Made in a Lab : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-we-know-coronavirus-was-not-made-in-the-lab 38 comments
- Phylogeographic Mapping of Newly Discovered Coronaviruses Pinpoints the Direct Progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 as Originating from Mojiang, China - Independent Science News | Food, Health and Agriculture Bioscience News https://www.independentsciencenews.org/commentaries/phylogeographic-mapping-of-newly-discovered-coronaviruses-pinpoints-direct-progenitor-of-sars-cov-2-as-originating-from-mojiang/ 13 comments
- Phylogeographic Mapping of Newly Discovered Coronaviruses Pinpoints the Direct Progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 as Originating from Mojiang, China – Jonathan Latham https://jonathanlatham.net/phylogeographic-mapping-of-newly-discovered-coronaviruses-pinpoints-the-direct-progenitor-of-sars-cov-2-as-originating-from-mojiang-china/ 0 comments
- Here's how scientists know the coronavirus came from bats and wasn't made in a lab https://theconversation.com/heres-how-scientists-know-the-coronavirus-came-from-bats-and-wasnt-made-in-a-lab-141850 0 comments
- A Proposed Origin for SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 Pandemic – Jonathan Latham https://jonathanlatham.net/a-proposed-origin-for-sars-cov-2-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ 0 comments