COVID-19: Genetic network analysis provides 'snapshot' of pandemic origins
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The first use of phylogenetic techniques shows the 'ancestral' virus genome closest to those in bats was not Wuhan's predominant virus type. The study charts the 'incipient supernova' of COVID-19 through genetic mutations as it spread from China and Asia to Australia, Europe and North America. Researchers say their methods could be used to help identify undocumented infection sources.