The TWiM team reveals the genetic mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls from sequencing of DNA, and 100 million year old living bacteria recovered from marine sediments.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt

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Links for this episode:

• Elio's Memoirs
• Genetic mysteries of Dead Sea Scrolls (Cell)
• 100 million year old bacteria under the sea (Nat Comm)
• Image credit

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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