Nels and Vincent answer listener questions and discuss a newly discovered virus of amoeba with a nearly complete ORFan genome: none of the proteins encoded in the viral genome look like any other proteins.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Click arrow to play
Download TWiEVO 59 (53 MB .mp3, 88 min)
Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiEVO
Links for this episode
- Yaravirus (PNAS) 1:11:36
- Letters read on TWiEVO 59 13:40
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Science Picks 1:22:45
Nels – Blog by Ambika Kamath
Vincent – TWiVerse
Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles
Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv