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Published: Sept. 2, 2012, 2:50 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy review fatal avian influenza virus in harbor seals, and poxvirus deployment of genomic accordions to counter antiviral defenses.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Avian influenza virus in\xa0harbor seals\xa0(mBio)
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• Poxvirus\xa0genomic accordions\xa0(mBio)
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• Red Queen hypothesis\xa0(Wikipedia)
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• TWiV on Facebook
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 198
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