Have we found the ‘animal origin’ of Covid?
Genetic data released by China three years after it was gathered has provided ‘the best evidence’ of how the pandemic started,…
Having found and downloaded the codes on a genetic database called GISAID, where scientists share this kind of information, she and her colleagues set out to find out which species matched the samples that were found in the same locations as the virus. “We saw the results appear on our screens, and it was: racoon dog, racoon dog, racoon dog, racoon dog,” she recalled.
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