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Comment
. 2020 Apr 21:11:811.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00811. eCollection 2020.

Commentary: Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

Shun Adachi  1 , Takaaki Koma  2 , Naoya Doi  2 , Masako Nomaguchi  2 , Akio Adachi  1
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Commentary: Origin and evolution of pathogenic coronaviruses

Shun Adachi et al. Front Immunol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV; SARS-CoV-2; evolution; origin; pathogenic coronaviruses.

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Emergence of coronaviruses pathogenic for humans from ancestral bat viruses. Diversification of SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2, and MERS-CoV from ancestor viruses by possible genome recombinations is illustrated. Two major variable regions among viral genomes (S and orf8 genes) are indicated. The variations are most probably due to the high recombination potentials of the coronaviruses. For details, refer to the titled review article in this commentary.
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