
TWiV 646: Virocentricity II with Eugene Koonin
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From the NIH campus (recorded February 2020) Vincent and Rich meet with Eugene Koonin to discuss his theories on the evolutionary origins of viruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit
Guest: Eugene Koonin
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- Virocentricity with Eugene Koonin (TWiV 275)
- Origin of viruses (Nat Rev)
- Multiple origins of capsid proteins from cells (PNAS)
- Origins and evolution of global RNA virome (mBio)
- Evolution of NCLDV of eukaryotes (Adv Virus Res)
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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