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Amazing. So the Cambobat has the RBD that RaTG13 lost through recombination and is slightly closer than the GD pango by the looks?

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So the Cambobat has the RBD that RaTG13 lost through recombination and is slightly closer than the GD pango by the looks?	needs context	speaker_own	questions

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So the Cambobat has the RBD that RaTG13 lost through recombination and is slightly closer than the GD pango by the looks?

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2021-01-25 11:55 Robert F. Garry open

So bottom line a new bat virus that confirms the authenticity of GD pangocov.
2021-01-25 12:09 Edward C. Holmes open

Brilliant work Bob! The Cambobatcov paper should be online soon I believe
2021-01-25 12:14 Robert F. Garry open

That would be great - have some ideas gelling for an "opinion" piece for Virological. Something along the lines of:New sequences disprove conspiracy theories based on contrived origins of bat coronavirus RatG13 and pangolin coronaviruses.
2021-01-25 12:44 Edward C. Holmes open

Love it! Looking forward to having a rant on Twitter
2021-01-25 12:59 Andrew Rambaut

Amazing. So the Cambobat has the RBD that RaTG13 lost through recombination and is slightly closer than the GD pango by the looks?
2021-01-25 13:01 Andrew Rambaut open

On closer inspection maybe it isn't quite that simple but hey - really interesting
2021-01-25 13:06 Robert F. Garry open

Yes, but I think your first approximation is pretty spot on - taking a look at the nucleotide alignment - maybe a case where the protein alignment gives a slightly different picture than the nucleotide alignment. - as ProfBill often saysyou can see the "wobble" codons. That's natural evolution of course not nonsense like the WIV supervillains creatinga fake set of SRA data to cover up their GOF/bioweapons program.