August 1, 2020 Report Open Access

Daoyu Zhang

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      <creatorName>Daoyu Zhang</creatorName>
      <affiliation>The University Of Sydney</affiliation>
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  <titles>
    <title>Anomalies in BatCoV/RaTG13 sequencing and provenance</title>
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  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2020</publicationYear>
  <subjects>
    <subject>RaTG13</subject>
    <subject>Raw Data</subject>
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  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2020-08-01</date>
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  <language>en</language>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;To this date, the most critical piece of evidence on the purposed &amp;ldquo;natural origin&amp;rdquo; theory of SARS-CoV-2, was the sequence known as RaTG13, allegedly collected from a single fecal sample from Rhinolophus Affinis. Understanding the provenance of RaTG13 is critical on the ongoing debate of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2. However, this sample is allegedly &amp;ldquo;used up&amp;rdquo; and therefore can no longer be accessed nor sequenced independently [1], and the only available data was the 3 related Genbank accessions: MN996532.1, SRX7724752 and SRX8357956.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We report these datasets possessed multiple significant anomalies, and the provenence of the promised claims of RaTG13 or it&amp;rsquo;s role in proving a &amp;ldquo;probable bat origin&amp;rdquo;[2] of SARS-CoV-2 can not be satisfied nor possibly be confirmed.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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