This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 69: Swimming in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

Jun 30, 2021 · 1 hr 30 min · Episode 69 · 55.3 MB
0:00-1:30:13

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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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Nels – The Last—And Only—Foreign Scientist in the Wuhan Lab Speaks Out Vincent – Human Behavior During the Pandemic Is More Important Than Any Covid Variant

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