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Date
2020-12-06 11:14
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes
speaker
Andrew Rambaut
Topics
Natural origin / zoonotic spillover

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Given it is synonymous and the pangolin has loads of other mutations in that area it must be coincidence.

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Given it is synonymous and the pangolin has loads of other mutations in that area it must be coincidence. own voice, substantive speaker_own asserts

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  1. 2020-12-06 11:13 Andrew Rambaut open
    But seems a weird coincidence given I pulled it out because of the Malaysian/Pangolin connection
  2. 2020-12-06 11:13 Andrew Rambaut open
    Synonymous though
  3. 2020-12-06 11:13 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Haha, YES - I thought you had looked at the alignment!
  4. 2020-12-06 11:14 Andrew Rambaut open
    No - was just looking for ones related to WA1 that were from more plausible locations
  5. 2020-12-06 11:14 Andrew Rambaut
    Given it is synonymous and the pangolin has loads of other mutations in that area it must be coincidence.
  6. 2020-12-06 11:15 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Oh, but hang on - RmYN02 has 'C' in this position too - so pangos and RmYN02
  7. 2020-12-06 11:15 Andrew Rambaut open
    But spooky none the less
  8. 2020-12-06 11:15 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah, probably - but, yes, spooky.
  9. 2020-12-06 11:15 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I think it's safe to say that we're definitely missing some early emergence stuff here

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