TWiV 386: The dolphins did it
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guests: Ted Diehl and Welkin Johnson
Ted and Welkin inform the TWiV team how the evolution of ancient retroviruses can be inferred by studying their sequences in the genomes of modern mammals, and join in a discussion of virus dispersal during different methods for drying hands.
Links for this episode
- More fun than a monkey full of viruses (TWiV 122)
- Tracking ancient retrovirus evolution in mammals (eLife)
- Virus dispersal during hand drying (J Appl Micro)
- More than you wanted to know about hand drying (one, two, three, four, five, six)
This episode is sponsored by ASM Agar Art Contest, ASM Grant Writing Course, and ASV 2016
Weekly Science Picks 1:30:20Welkin - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (essay)
Ted - Accidental brilliance in science
Rich - Perpetual motion?
Kathy - R0 graphic and explanation
Vincent - NWS ditches all caps forecasts
Basel - Gimli Glider and Mars Climate Orbiter
Ken - Vaccination comic book
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