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Date
2020-12-06 11:11
Type
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recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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All of this is very interesting though - isn't this data most consistent with an early divergence (or two emergences)that we didn't capture at the time and that have no connection to the seafood market? In other words - entirely what one might expect?

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All of this is very interesting though - isn't this data most consistent with an early divergence (or two emergences)that we didn't capture at the time and that have no connection to the seafood market? needs context speaker_own questions

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  1. 2020-12-06 11:09 Kristian G. Andersen open
    How interesting... Yeah, that's a pango mutation
  2. 2020-12-06 11:09 Andrew Rambaut open
    The non-synon one is the one is 28189 in ORF8 S->L
  3. 2020-12-06 11:10 Andrew Rambaut open
    That was the first 'oh my god it is mutating' mutation
  4. 2020-12-06 11:10 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Haha, historical significance for sure :wink:
  5. 2020-12-06 11:11 Kristian G. Andersen
    All of this is very interesting though - isn't this data most consistent with an early divergence (or two emergences)that we didn't capture at the time and that have no connection to the seafood market? In other words - entirely what one might expect?
  6. 2020-12-06 11:11 Andrew Rambaut open
    Oh - I have just seen what you just said - Malaysia is the same as the Pangolin at 6049 where it differes from WA1
  7. 2020-12-06 11:11 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yup
  8. 2020-12-06 11:12 Kristian G. Andersen open
    ALL the pangolins have that one - none of the bats
  9. 2020-12-06 11:12 Andrew Rambaut open
    It is part of the pangolin which is more divergent than RmYN02

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