The SARS-Cov2 coronavirus's genome was released, and is now available on Genbank. Looking at it... > 1 attaaaggtt tataccttcc caggtaacaa accaaccaac tttcgatctc ttgtagatct 61 gttctctaaa cgaactttaa aatctgtgtg gctgtcactc ggctgcatgc ttagtgcact 121 cacgcagtat aattaataac taattactgt cgttgacagg acacgagtaa ctcgtctatc ... 29761 acagtgaaca atgctaggga gagctgccta tatggaagag ccctaatgtg taaaattaat 29821 tttagtagtg ctatccccat gtgattttaa tagcttctta ggagaatgac aaaaaaaaaa 29881 aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa > <sub>[Wuhan seafood market pneumonia virus isolate Wuhan-Hu-1, complete genome][1], Genbank</sub> Geeze, that's a lot of [a][2] nucleotides---I don't think that's just random. I would guess that it's either an artifact of the sequencing process, or there is some underlying biological reason. **Question**: Why does the SARS-Cov2 coronavirus genome end in 33 a's? [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MN908947 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenine