TWiV 646: Virocentricity II with Eugene Koonin

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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Links for this episode

• 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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