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Published: Sept. 1, 2013, 3:19 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and\xa0Rich Condit

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Vincent, Dickson, and Rich reveal how experiments with a malaria parasite lead to the introduction of a mammalian retrovirus into birds.

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• Scientists\xa0cast doubt\xa0on MERS origin (NY Times)
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• Animal reservoirs\xa0of SARS coronavirus (Virus Res)
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• Jo Handelsman\xa0in the White House
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• Origins of\xa0REV\xa0(PLoS Biology)
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• Inadvertent\xa0transfer (virology blog)
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• Mongoose, pheasant, pox, retrovirus\xa0(PLoS Biol)
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• Evolutionary history\xa0of REVs
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• Amazing story\xa0(Ed Yong)
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• My wife's\xa0P. lophurae\xa0paper (Mol Bio Parasitol)
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• William Trager's\xa0SNV paper\xa0(Exp Biol Med)
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• EBV\xa0detection tests\xa0(Clin Diag Lab Immunol)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 248
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\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Dickson -\xa0Google Sky
Rich -\xa0Vanishing of the Bees\xa0(see also\xa0Bee Apocalypse Now)
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Not Exactly Rocket Science

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Saira\xa0-\xa0Reproducibility Initiative

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