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Comment
. 2021 Sep;64(9):1560-1563.
doi: 10.1007/s11427-021-1972-1. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

On the origin of SARS-CoV-2-The blind watchmaker argument

Chung-I Wu  1 , Haijun Wen  2 , Jian Lu  3 , Xiao-Dong Su  3 , Alice C Hughes  4 , Weiwei Zhai  5 , Chen Chen  6 , Hua Chen  7 , Mingkun Li  7 , Shuhui Song  7 , Zhaohui Qian  8 , Qihui Wang  9 , Bingjie Chen  2 , Zixiao Guo  2 , Yongsen Ruan  2 , Xuemei Lu  10 , Fuwen Wei  11 , Li Jin  12 , Le Kang  13 , Yongbiao Xue  7 , Guoping Zhao  14 , Ya-Ping Zhang  10
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On the origin of SARS-CoV-2-The blind watchmaker argument

Chung-I Wu et al. Sci China Life Sci. 2021 Sep.
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  • Investigate the origins of COVID-19.
    Bloom JD, Chan YA, Baric RS, Bjorkman PJ, Cobey S, Deverman BE, Fisman DN, Gupta R, Iwasaki A, Lipsitch M, Medzhitov R, Neher RA, Nielsen R, Patterson N, Stearns T, van Nimwegen E, Worobey M, Relman DA. Bloom JD, et al. Science. 2021 May 14;372(6543):694. doi: 10.1126/science.abj0016. Science. 2021. PMID: 33986172 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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