Genomic characterisation and epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins and receptor binding User mkmyers45, in the COVID-19 subreddit, 19 May 2020
Epidemiology of 2019 novel coronavirus: implications for virus origins User AvailableWall9, in the 6llɐʍ-∀ subreddit, 05 May 2020
Study suggests the Wuhan coronavirus had a relatively recent jump to humans (9 chinese cases studied had 99.98% same genetic sequence - so not much divergence), and the likely source is a bat (coronavirus variants there shares 88% of genetic sequence) compared to 79% with SARS and 50% with MERS User stereomatch, in the Reddit Science subreddit, 29 Jan 2020