Talk:Wuhan coronavirus outbreak/Lab-leak theory

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The improbable synonymous/non-synonymous pattern

Steven Quay notes an an improbable synonymous/non-synonymous pattern between the spike Protein gene sequences of RaTG13 and SARS-CoV-2. He then goes on to claim that RaTG13 is lab-created or a total fabrication. I find it more likely that RaTG13 is real and SARS-CoV-2 was synthesized in a lab.

But here is more:

Would this indicate that SARS-CoV-2 is codon-optimized for humans? This paper says no, as the "codon usage is similar across these coronaviruses and is unlikely to explain the increased number of synonymous mutations."

-- Petri Krohn (talk) 17:54, 22 July 2021 (UTC)