TWiV discusses the virome of game animals in China, and the finding that binding of sarbecoviruses to ACE2 is an ancestral and evolvable trait.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Amy Rosenfeld
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Links for this episode
- WHO declaration of COVID-19 pandemic 3:40
- Virome of China game animals (Cell) 13:58
- ACE2 binding is ancestral and evolvable (Nature) 45:19
- Letters read on TWiV 875 1:04:16
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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