Tag: bat

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TWiEVO 56: Revising the drafts of coronavirus evolution

May 20, 2020
Tagged as: animal reservoir, bat, coronavirus, COVID-19, evolution, genome mutations, homoplasy, SARS-CoV-2, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Nels and Vincent continue their discussion of SARS-CoV-2 evolution, including understanding recurrent mutations in the viral genome, and the potential for re-emergence of the virus from an animal reservoir.

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TWiEVO 52: Virus evolution by land and by sea and by CoV

February 26, 2020
Tagged as: ACE2, bat, coronavirus, CoV, evolution, pangolin, positive selection, receptor binding domain, SARS-CoV-2, spike glycoprotein, virus, viruses, zoonosis

Nels and Vincent examine SARS-CoV-2 from an evolutionary viewpoint, examining what the spike glycoprotein sequence informs us about the origin of the virus.

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TWiEVO 5: Looking at straw colored fruit bats through a straw

February 20, 2016
Tagged as: bat, Ebolavirus, filovirus, host-virus conflict, NPC1, positive selection, receptor, viral, virology, virus, virus entry, viruses

Sara and Kartik join Nels and Vincent to talk about how the filovirus receptor NPC1 regulates Ebolavirus susceptibility in bats.

Tag: bat

TWiEVO 56: Revising the drafts of coronavirus evolution

TWiEVO 52: Virus evolution by land and by sea and by CoV

TWiEVO 5: Looking at straw colored fruit bats through a straw

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