Re:Scientists claim to find HIV virus-like insertions in the...
by folli on Friday January 31, 2020 @06:41PM
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Occam's razor says no. The coronavirus spike protein is responsible for receptor binding and entry into the cell. Different strains with different hosts bind to different receptors, so they have differences in their spike protein sequences. Mutations in the spike protein are expected in the evolution of coronavirus.
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