This Week in Virology

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episode 472: The riddle of the skinks


The TWiV team reveal the origin of the poxvirus membrane, and how a retrovirus drove the development of the placenta of a lizard.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode
  • ASV 2018: asv.org, asv2018.umd.edu
  • Support Microbe.tv
  • Origin of poxvirus membrane (PNAS)
  • Poxvirus movies: Movie S1, Movie S2, Movie S3, Movie S4, Movie S5
  • Lizard placenta from a retrovirus (PNAS)
  • Letters read on TWiV 472
Weekly Science Picks

Kathy - Google doodles  Discoverer of photosynthesis  Robert Koch
Dickson - Nature Photography Winners
Rich - The Raging Idiots Planet Song
Alan - Zooborns
Vincent - Glass Insects and Plants by Yuki Tsunoda

Listener Picks

Scott - Sagan Series
Paul - SMBC Comics
Trudy - If Scientists Wrote Christmas Songs

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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 December 17, 2017  1h54m