TWiV 357: Mistletoe on the Tree of Life
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens Kuhn
Jens joins the TWiVomics to 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 living isolate.
Links for this episode
Jens' previous TWiV (283) 5:15
International Committee on the Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 27:50
ICTV 9th Report 32:55
Classifying viruses by capsid architecture (Curr Opin Virol) 1:43:00
Image credit
Letters read on TWiV 357 10:55, 1:55:40
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks!
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 4, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
