Signatures of adaptive evolution during human to mink SARS CoV2 cross species transmission inform estimates of the COVID19 pandemic timing
J.-H. Tai, S.-M. Chaw, H.-Y. Sun, Y.-C. Tseng, G. Li, S.-Y. Chang, S.-H. Yeh, P.-J. Chen, H.-Y. Wang
The paper analyzes SARS-CoV-2 sequences from minks and humans to determine if adaptive evolution occurred before the pandemic, suggesting the virus may have circulated in humans for at least six months prior to the Wuhan outbreak.
bioRxiv · Sep 15, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology