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So is this HIV-1 like structure indicative of its being manmade, or do viruses exchange RNA the way bacteria can exchange DNA?

29 posted on 01/31/2020 11:37:19 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)

That and their location would be very extraordinary to occur naturally, I believe to be their position.

35 posted on 01/31/2020 11:43:45 AM PST by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)

RNA in viruses evolves, but the authors point out "our findings suggest unconventional evolution of 2019-nCoV" and "novel evolutionary aspects" without postulating why that may have happened.

The authors show a diagram of the "Maximum likelihood genealogy show the evolution of 2019- nCoV". Take a look at all the animals that are in the ancestry of this virus. It is astonishing. You probably can't read it -- it is a bit more legible in the original pdf -- but it includes birds (Thrush, Magpie, Robin, Sparrow, Moorhen, Night Heron, Wigeon, Turkey) and mammals (Mink, Beluga Whale, Pigs, Ferret, Feline, Camel, Bats, Rats, Cows, Rabbits, and Humans).