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Published: Oct. 4, 2015, 2:02 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit,\xa0and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Guest:\xa0Jens Kuhn

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Jens\xa0joins the TWiVomics\xa0to 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\xa0living\xa0isolate.

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\nLinks for this episode\n

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• Jens' previous TWiV (283)\xa05:15
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• International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 27:50
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• ICTV 9th Report\xa032:55
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• Classifying viruses by capsid architecture (Curr Opin Virol) 1:43:00
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• Image credit
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 357 10:55, 1:55:40
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Timestamps by\xa0Jennifer. Thanks!

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Rich -\xa0Summer of Science
Kathy\xa0-\xa0Bill Nye dances The Click
Dickson\xa0-\xa0The Martian
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Vincent\xa0- Does the public trust science? (videos, summaries)

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