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Ahhh, I see what you're saying - this tree contains *everything* relevant they have, including RaTG13, which is very very close if you only consider RdRp. If she was concerned about similarity because it came from the lab, she would have taken out 4991 - it's very very close in the tree, but once you have the full sequence, you know it ain't it, but you don't from just the RdRp fragment.
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Yes, that's it.
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Is there anywhere to confirm the sequences are internal and not just from NCBI?
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If the former, this is the 'effing SMOKING GUN of NOT lab escape.
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2021-05-29 18:32
Edward C. Holmes
Let me check with i
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SLACK_001110 That'd be great. If I looked at that tree and I was Shi, my first thought would be - FUCK, did 4991 get out? Yet, she/they decided not to hide the similarity (of course, it would have been noticed anyway because 4991 was ina public database, but there's just no way they'd be thinking that way).
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The sequences all have NCBI accession numbers, so probably from NCBI.
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Is it possible to confirm the tree is from Shi's lab?
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Yes, thinking about it you are probably right. Damn! I will check with I assumed it was Shi's group because they were the only people thinking about 4991, but on reflection it cou someone at CCDC.