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Comment by Niema Moshiri
Coauthor of a Science study on SARS-CoV-2 molecular epidemiology and zoonotic origins
To infer the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 haplotype, we developed a non-reversible, random-effects substitution process model in a Bayesian phylodynamic framework that simultaneously reconstructs the underlying coalescent processes and the sequence of the MRCA of the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny. Our unconstrained rooting strongly favors a lineage B or C/C ancestral haplotype and shows that a lineage A ancestral haplotype is inconsistent with the molecular clock [Bayes factor (BF) = 48.1].Disputed (Jul 26, 2022)
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The passage is real and matches the Science/PMC article’s text: the paper states that “To infer the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 haplotype…” and that “Our unconstrained rooting strongly favors a lineage B or C/C ancestral haplotype … [BF = 48.1].” PubMed shows this is the 2022 Science paper by Jonathan E. Pekar et al., with Niema Moshiri as one of many coauthors, so the quote is not a single-author Niema Moshiri quote. ([archive.ph](https://archive.ph/qj0Sy?utm_source=openai))
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The passage appears in the paper's Methods, but the source is a multi-author Science article with Niema Moshiri as one coauthor, not a solo-author statement, so it cannot be verified as a single-author quote by Niema. The wording is also not verbatim: the paper reads "787-taxon dataset" and includes "the tMRCAs of lineages A and B," and the paper is dated 2022-08-26, not 2022-07-26. ([pure.ed.ac.uk](https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/301153226/science.abp8337.pdf))
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gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17
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