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Tag: mobile genetic element

TWiV 935: Mobile DNA with Cedric Feschotte

  • September 11, 2022

Vincent travels to Cornell University to speak with Cedric about his career and his research on mobile genetic elements such as transposons and endogenous viruses and how they have shaped the evolution of nearly all organisms.

TWiV 552: Delta and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat

  • June 16, 2019

Team TWiV reveals DNA polymerases that do not require a primer, and packaging of hepatitis delta virus by the envelope glycoproteins of diverse viruses.

TWiV 288: ebircsnart esreveR

  • June 8, 2014

The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.

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