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Igel

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13. Bat, pretty sure.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 4, 2020, 09:47 AM

Apr 2020

It's coronavirus heaven, and bats with genomes very similar to SARS-CoV-2 have been found near Wuhan. But also in other places.

Similarity gets up into the high 90s for bat-originated coronavirus in some pangolins.

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They are not living organisms jpak Apr 2020 #5

reminds me of the quote from the original Terminator movie... Javaman Apr 2020 #15

A biovirus isn't alive for the same reason a computer virus isn't a computer localroger Apr 2020 #6

It's a very specific chemical reaction krispos42 Apr 2020 #7

Except crystals don't mutate and evolve sir pball Apr 2020 #11

Crystals are much simpler because they're typically inorganic. Igel Apr 2020 #12

This is absolutely fascinating. morillon Apr 2020 #3

Absolutely fascinating Farmgirl1961 Apr 2020 #4

You know I am wondering if the source might really be something from the rivers and or lakes. cstanleytech Apr 2020 #8

The prevailing theory seems to be that it came from a bat.... lastlib Apr 2020 #9

Bat, pretty sure. Igel Apr 2020 #13

Probably not. It is believed to have come from pangolins according to a paper in Nature Medicine: NNadir Apr 2020 #14

That mutation corresponds to the protein sequence Pro-Arg-Arg-Ala. It should be cleaved by trypsin. NNadir Apr 2020 #10