Evidence of recombination in coronaviruses implicating pangolin origins of nCoV-2019
M. C. Wong, S. J. Javornik Cregeen, N. J. Ajami, J. F. Petrosino
The paper identifies high sequence similarity in the RBM of nCoV-2019 with a pangolin coronavirus, suggesting a possible recombination event involving pangolins in its origin.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology