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. 2013 Aug 30;49(12):1311–1313. doi: 10.1360/04wc0153

Reconstruction of the most recent common ancestor sequences of SARS-Cov S gene and detection of adaptive evolution in the spike protein

Zhang Yuan 1, Zheng Nan 2,3, Hao Pei 4,5, Zhong Yang 6,✉
PMCID: PMC7089140  PMID: 32214711

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