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Coronavirus: Was It Made In a Lab?

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Genetics and the Origin of the Coronavirus

This chapter explores how scientists use genetics to determine the origin of the coronavirus, debunking the lab creation theory and highlighting the difficulty of designing a virus from scratch. It also discusses the closest known relative to the coronavirus and explains the significance of the Poly Basic Cleavage Site.

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