Nels joins TWiV to discuss hypotheses for the origins of Omicron, including that it came from mice or arose during chronic infection of an immunocompromised patient.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Nels Elde
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Wouldn’t it be easier to do research from government databases if the nomenclature used in the nucleotides of RNA viruses was not recorded as if they were the nomenclature used in the nucleotides of DNA?
That question is asked perhaps more clearly at the following link: It’s In The GenBank – 3.