How raccoon dog DNA fits into the COVID-19 origins debate
A new analysis links the foxlike animals with the coronavirus at the start of the pandemic
A new analysis found genetic material from a raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the coronavirus in the same environmental sample taken from a seafood market in Wuhan, China, linked to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The finding hints that the animals may have played a role in helping the virus jump to humans.
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