TWiV 357: Mistletoe on the Tree of Life
Oct 04, 2015•2 hr 17 min
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Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens Kuhn
Jens joins the TWiVomics to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of viral taxonomy, including its history and evolution, how viruses are ordered, and why T. rex was classified without having a living isolate.
Links for this episode
- Jens' previous TWiV (283) 5:15
- International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 27:50
- ICTV 9th Report 32:55
- Classifying viruses by capsid architecture (Curr Opin Virol) 1:43:00
- Image credit
- Letters read on TWiV 357 10:55, 1:55:40
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks 56:30, 2:07:15Alan - The Jefferson GridRich - Summer of ScienceKathy - Bill Nye dances The ClickDickson - The MartianJens - How I Killed Pluto, Life in Our Phage World, Why the Seahorse Tail is SquareVincent - Does the public trust science? (videos, summaries)
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