Video Sidebar: Wrapping up- Where Did SARS-CoV-2 come from?

by Demitri Evangeliou, posted in Sidebar

Before we launch into the video, we should first define the term “Divergent Evolution,” which Demitri defines as:

When at least 2 groups of the same species that originate from the same parent species independently acquire differences that are necessary for persistence in their respective environments.

You can find out more about divergent evolution here.

References:

  1. Andersen, K.G., Rambaut, A., Lipkin, W.I. et al. The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2. Nat Med26, 450–452 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0820-9

Other links (in order of appearance):

• The above image is from Google Maps.

• Link to The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 paper in Nature Medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

• Link to Probable Pangolin Origin of SARS-CoV-2 Associated with the COVID-19 Outbreak paper in Cell https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(20)30360-2.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982220303602%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

• Link to above image https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/pangolin-pictures-world-pangolin-day/

• The above images are from the Netflix original Coronavirus, Explained S1E1.

• Above information from Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases.

Published by Demitri Evangeliou

Hi! My three years of study in Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University have fostered my interests in infectious diseases, vaccinology and scientific communication. McGill’s TEAM and TEACH awards have given me the privilege to enhance the quality of education in a variety of biomedical courses, spanning topics in molecular mechanisms of cell function, metabolic biochemistry, microbial physiology and fundamental virology. I aspire to be an infectious disease physician, and have a passion for philosophy as it arises in clinical practice (namely biomedical ethics). My favourite antibody is IgA2 for its underappreciated role in mucosal immunity, my favourite immunological concept is trained immunity for the role of memory in the innate response, and I don’t know what I would do without soccer in my life!

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