> The presence of host derived RNA insertion from the TMEM245 gene (https://virological.org/t/putative-host-origins-of-rna-insertions-in-sars-cov-2-genomes/761

> The presence of host derived RNA insertion from the TMEM245 gene (https://virological.org/t/putative-host-origins-of-rna-insertions-in-sars-cov-2-genomes/761 https://virological.org/t/putative-host-origins-of-rna-inser...) would argue for evolution within human population. Otherwise I would have had this spillback from animal population on the list of hypotheses. https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1464359663282049038 https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1464359663282049038 TMEM245 is a conserved chunk of mRNA in primates.