1. Is this how we analyze genetics?
    Dan Nesmith Dan Nesmith United States says:
    September 3, 2021 at 7:57 PM

    "The SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus, and is most closely related to the bat SARS-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV) represented by the genome sequence RaTG13, which shares 96% identity with the former. This has made the bat virus the most probable precursor of the virus in current circulation."
    If overlap of genome is all that matters, then are humans descended from chimps or vice versa? Just because RaTG13 is the known closest (currently) doesn't mean it's even a precursor to SARS-CoV-2, does it? I didn't realize we knew that much about betacoronaviruses.

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