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TWiEVO 55: Coronavirus evolution from soup to nuts
TWiEVO 55: Coronavirus evolution from soup to nuts
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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, with a report that the coronavirus proofreading enzyme stimulates RNA recombination, and debunking the conclusion that a change in the viral spike glycoprotein is associated with increased human to human transmission. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO CoV proofreading enzyme stimulates recombination (bioRxiv) CoV spike mutation pipeline (bioRxiv) Issues with CoV sequencing data (virological.org) Bill Hanage on selection vs bottleneck (threader.app) Image credit Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Science Picks Nels - In Memoriam: Gordon Lark Vincent - John Oliver Discussion of Antibody Tests Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
Released:
May 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (96)
TWiEVO 1: When (scientific) worlds collide: Hosts: and Nels and Vincent launch a new podcast on evolution, and start by discussing how the field has changed through recent mergers of evolutionary and experimental biology in the post-genome era. Links for this episode Elde... by This Week in Evolution