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Tracing the origins of the coronavirus pandemic using phylogenetic network analysis

Dr Peter Forster

07

Jul

2021

  • 18:00 - 19:00

Dr Peter Forster, known for his work on phylogenetic network analysis discusses the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. In the 1990s phylogenetic network analysis allowed the reconstruction of mankind's prehistoric colonisation of the planet from an African origin. In early 2020 Dr Foster and his team applied the technique to tracing the origins of the current coronavirus pandemic.

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