Nels and Vincent discuss the identification of novel bat coronaviruses that shed light on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2, dating the first cases of COVID-19 to mid-November 2019, and recovery of deleted genome sequences from early in the Wuhan outbreak.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Identification of novel bat coronaviruses (Cell)
Dating first cases of COVID-19 (PLoS Path)
Recovery of deleted SARS-CoV-2 sequences (bioRxiv)
Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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