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. 2020 Jul 28;71(15):882-883.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa112.

Origin and Evolution of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Liangsheng Zhang  1   2 , Fu-Ming Shen  3 , Fei Chen  4 , Zhenguo Lin  5
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Origin and Evolution of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Liangsheng Zhang et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The phylogenomic trees of the coronavirus and the genotypes of 2019-nCoV strains. A, The maximum likelihood (ML) phylogenetic trees of the coronavirus with the approximate ML method by FastTree. This phylogenetic tree is a rooted tree with CoV BM48–31/BGR/2008 and BtKY72 as an outgroup. Coronaviruses from different sources are represented on the right side of the tree. The 2019-nCoV is labeled in red. The detailed sequence information used in this figure is shown in Supplementary Figure 1. B, A simple model of the 2019-nCoV origin inferred from the phylogenomic tree. C, The ML phylogenetic tree of 2019-nCoV with bat-SL-CoVZC45 as the root, with the approximate ML method by FastTree. The 27 isolates of 2019-nCoV can be divided into 6 genotypes. The 6 genotypes of 2019-nCoV strains are represented with different symbol shapes. Abbreviations: 2019-nCoV, 2019 novel coronavirus; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
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