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Scientists may have found a recombinant variant of COVID-19 in the wild, and its mixed DNA could be essential to the coronavirus life cycle.
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Sources:
COVID Recombination:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009226
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32130405/
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0771-4
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78703-6
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01754-6
Other Coverage:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268014-exclusive-two-variants-have-merged-into-heavily-mutated-coronavirus/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268379-two-coronavirus-variants-have-merged-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/health/covid-variants-genome-recombination.html
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/02/new-variant-covid-findings-fuel-more-worries-about-vaccine-resistance
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