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TWiEVO 58: Not all coronaviruses ACE2 the test
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Simon and Heather join TWiEVO to discuss their analysis of the evolutionary history of ACE2 usage by coronaviruses in the Sarbecovirus genus.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Simon Anthony and Heather Wells
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- Evolutionary history of sarbecovirus ACE2 binding (bioRxiv)
- Bombali virus in bats (Nat Micro)
- Herpesviruses in Puerto Rican bats (bioRxiv)
- Adenovirus and herpesvirus in great apes (PLoS One)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Simon and Heather join TWiEVO to discuss their analysis of the evolutionary history of ACE2 usage by coronaviruses in the Sarbecovirus genus.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guests: Simon Anthony and Heather Wells
Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiEVO
Links for this episode
- Evolutionary history of sarbecovirus ACE2 binding (bioRxiv)
- Bombali virus in bats (Nat Micro)
- Herpesviruses in Puerto Rican bats (bioRxiv)
- Adenovirus and herpesvirus in great apes (PLoS One)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles
Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
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