How do scientists determine the origin and essentially the age of a virus? Anyone?
Hi, I watched a doctor's video on YouTube about this topic. I'll see if I can find it again and provide link later. What I remember is that as a virus creates more copies of itself, each new generation has subtle differences that can be tracked to determine regeneration speed and approximately how many generations since original virus. It's similar, but different to the idea of mutation tracking. I'm no expert if you couldn't tell 😁
How do scientists determine the origin and essentially the age of a virus? Anyone?
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I can answer this, but it is a huge question. Do you want to learn about virology?
Do you want the laymans answer?