TWiV 386: The dolphins did it
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler
\nGuests:\xa0Ted Diehl\xa0and\xa0Welkin Johnson
\nTed 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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\nLinks for this episode\n- \n
- More fun than a monkey full of viruses (TWiV 122) \n
- Tracking\xa0ancient retrovirus evolution\xa0in mammals (eLife) \n
- Virus dispersal during\xa0hand drying\xa0(J Appl Micro) \n
- More than you wanted to know about hand drying (one,\xa0two,\xa0three,\xa0four,\xa0five,\xa0six) \n
This episode is sponsored by\xa0ASM\xa0Agar Art Contest,\xa0ASM Grant Writing Course,\xa0and\xa0ASV 2016
\nWeekly Science Picks 1:30:20\nWelkin\xa0-\xa0Lab Girl\xa0by\xa0Hope Jahren\xa0(essay)
Ted -\xa0Accidental brilliance in science
Rich\xa0-\xa0Perpetual motion?
Kathy\xa0-\xa0R0 graphic and explanation
Vincent\xa0-\xa0NWS ditches all caps forecasts
Basel\xa0-\xa0Gimli Glider\xa0and\xa0Mars Climate Orbiter
Ken\xa0-\xa0Vaccination comic book
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