Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

January 29, 2020

Full-genome evolutionary analysis of the novel corona virus (2019-nCoV) rejects the hypothesis of emergence as a result of a recent recombination event

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  • Researchers in Greece aimed to characterize genetic relationships and to identify the presumed recombination within the sarbecovirus subgenus. Similar to other studies, they found around 96% similarity between 2019-nCoV and BatCoV RaTG13, associated with bats from Yunnan Province. Results indicate that this virus is not the result of a recent recombination event.  
  • Results still point to bats as the likely origin.

Paraskevis et al (Jan 27, 2020). Full-genome evolutionary analysis of the novel corona virus (2019-nCoV) rejects the hypothesis of emergence as a result of a recent recombination event. Pre-Print. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.26.920249