TWiV 762: SARS-CoV-2 origins with Robert Garry
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Robert Garry joins TWiV to explain how the molecular biology of SARS-CoV-2 shows that it came from Nature and not a lab, including the receptor binding domain, the furin cleavage site, and the two lineages circulating in Wuhan wildlife markets.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Robert Garry
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Links for this episode
- The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
- Two early genome lineages in Wuhan markets (virological.org)
- Insights from spike proteins of bat sarbecoviruses (virological.org)
- Letters read on TWiV 762
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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