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Acknowledgements
The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2021YFC0863400), and the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science (E0517111, E122G611). Methods, discussion, and data are attached in Supplementary Information.
Supporting Information
SARS-CoV-2 shows a much earlier divergence in the world than in the Chinese mainland
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Compliance and ethics
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