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O-6 - RaTG13 bat sarbecovirus from Yunnan is 96.2% identical to SARS-CoV-2 across the genome

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RaTG13, a sarbecovirus sequenced from a Rhinolophus affinis bat in Yunnan, is 96.2% identical to SARS-CoV-2 across the whole genome, the closest known relative at the time of publication.
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S-11 - Zhou 2020 Nature - first report of RaTG13, SARS-CoV-2's closest known bat-coronavirus relative at the time
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Results; whole-genome identity
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Whole-genome sequencing/assembly result. Sets the baseline closest-relative genetic distance both origin hypotheses reason from.

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