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

Guests:\\xa0Ted Diehl\\xa0and\\xa0Welkin Johnson

Ted and Welkin inform the TWiV team how the evolution of ancient retroviruses can be inferred by\\xa0studying\\xa0their\\xa0sequences in the genomes of modern mammals, and join in a discussion of virus dispersal during different methods for drying hands.

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Links for this episode

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• More fun than a monkey full of viruses (TWiV 122)
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• Tracking\\xa0ancient retrovirus evolution\\xa0in mammals (eLife)
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• Virus dispersal during\\xa0hand drying\\xa0(J Appl Micro)
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• More than you wanted to know about hand drying (one,\\xa0two,\\xa0three,\\xa0four,\\xa0five,\\xa0six)
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This episode is sponsored by\\xa0ASM\\xa0Agar Art Contest,\\xa0ASM Grant Writing Course,\\xa0and\\xa0ASV 2016

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