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Sequencing of parts of the spike, small membrane, and integral membrane protein genes of English isolates of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) isolated in the 1960s revealed that they were not the direct ancestors of those isolated in the 1980s.
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Cavanagh, D., Davis, P.J. Sequence analysis of strains of avian infectious bronchitis coronavirus isolated during the 1960s in the U.K.. Archives of Virology 130, 471–476 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309675
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