Gao, Feng,

The evolutionary origin of SARS-CoV-2 [electronic resource] / an interview with Feng Gao. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020. - 1 online resource (1 streaming audio file (16 min.)). - Interviews on Covid-19, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Interviews on Covid-19. .

Audio interview. Title from title frames.

Contents: SARS-CoV-2: a product of zoonosis -- SARS-CoV-2 may have been mutating towards its current form for decades -- Evolutionary recombination events leading to SARS-CoV-2: bats & pangolins -- Genetic similarity and differences with other lethal coronaviruses: SARS-1 & MERS -- Phenotypic comparison of SARS-CoV-2 with other coronaviruses -- Genetic evidence debunking claims that SARS-CoV-2 is a deliberate human-engineered virus -- Probability, location and species of possible future emergence of zoonotic viruses -- Implications for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development.

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Bats.
Coronaviruses.
Covid-19 (Disease)--Research.
Evolutionary genetics.
Pangolins.
Vaccines--Development.
Betacoronavirus.
Chiroptera.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging--virology.
COVID-19 Vaccines.
COVID-19--epidemiology.
COVID-19--genetics.
COVID-19--prevention & control.
Drug Development.
Eutheria.
Evolution, Molecular.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
Recombination, Genetic.
SARS-CoV-2.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Zoonoses.
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