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TWiV discusses the virome of game animals in China, and the finding that binding of sarbecoviruses to ACE2 is an ancestral and evolvable trait.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Amy Rosenfeld
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- WHO declaration of COVID-19 pandemic
- Virome of China game animals (Cell)
- ACE2 binding is ancestral and evolvable (Nature)
- Letters read on TWiV 875
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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