TWiEVO 72: Echoes of evolution both shallow and deep
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 72
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Episode description
Nels and Vincent discuss evolutionary evidence for an epidemic of coronavirus infection over 20,000 years ago in East Asia, and reconstruction of the membrane differences between bacteria and Archaea reveals unexpected differences in permeability.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Links for this episode- Ancient coronavirus epidemic in East Asia (Curr Biol)
- Gene-culture coevolution and human evolutionary transition (Proc Roy Soc B)
- Membrane permeability at the lipid divide (bioRxiv)
- Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Nels – Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science
Vincent – Virology Live
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