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The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Justin Meyer: Lecture 15 - Host-Range Expansion Evolution
UC San Diego professor of biology Justin Meyer, who specializes in infectious disease research presents his course The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with special attention to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the COVID-19 disease and its pandemic spread throughout the world. In this lecture - learn about how pathogens jump or "spillover" to other species, and the ground-breaking research that proves how easily these mutations can occur. Series: "The Evolution of Infectious Diseases with Justin Meyer" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35831]