Simon and Heather join TWiEVO to discuss their analysis of the evolutionary history of ACE2 usage by coronaviruses in the Sarbecovirus genus.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guests: Simon Anthony and Heather Wells

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Links for this episode

• Evolutionary history of sarbecovirus ACE2 binding (bioRxiv)
• Bombali virus in bats (Nat Micro)
• Herpesviruses in Puerto Rican bats (bioRxiv)
• Adenovirus and herpesvirus in great apes (PLoS One)
• Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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