TWiV 337: Steamer

May 17, 2015

Mya arenariaHost: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Michael Metzger and Steve Goff

Vincent meets up with Michael and Steve to discuss their finding of a transmissible tumor in soft shell clams associated with a retrovirus-like element in the clam genome.

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2 comments on “TWiV 337: Steamer

  1. I enjoyed this episode and I like the idea of looking for Steamer sequence in ocean metagenome data. I made an initial attempt – the results are not too convincing, but here you go. Feel free to pass it on to your guests.