The titled subject has attracted much interest. Here we summarize the substantial results obtained by a physical model of protein evolution based on hydropathic domain dynamics. In a recent Letter eighteen biologists suggested that the titled subject should be studied in a way inclusive of broad expertise (1). There is an even broader view that has been developed over several decades by physicists (2,3). This view is based on analyzing amino acid sequences of proteins. These sequences are now available on-line at Uniprot, and represent a treasure-trove of data (4).
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