The use of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses from bats and pangolins to polarize mutations in SARS-Cov-2

Tao Li^{1

2}, Xiaolu Tang³, Changcheng Wu³, Xinmin Yao³, Yirong Wang³, Xuemei Lu^{4

5}, Jian Lu⁶

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China.
² Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China. xuemeilu@mail.kiz.cas.cn.
⁵ Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China. xuemeilu@mail.kiz.cas.cn.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. LUJ@pku.edu.cn.

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Tao Li et al. Sci China Life Sci. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;63(10):1608-1611.

doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1764-2. Epub 2020 Jul 1.

Tao Li^{1

2}, Xiaolu Tang³, Changcheng Wu³, Xinmin Yao³, Yirong Wang³, Xuemei Lu^{4

5}, Jian Lu⁶

¹ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China.
² Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China. xuemeilu@mail.kiz.cas.cn.
⁵ Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China. xuemeilu@mail.kiz.cas.cn.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China. LUJ@pku.edu.cn.

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