Comments on: TWiV 90: Guano happens

By: Bats harbor many viral sequences

Bats harbor many viral sequences — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:04:53 +0000

[...] Eric F. Donaldson and Matt Frieman, who spoke about this work on TWiV 90 [...]

By: Mark Fuccio

Mark Fuccio — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:52:17 +0000

Nice episode, especially learning more about bats' viruses. A great factoid/bar bet: based on genomes bats are closer "relatives" to humans than other rodents/marsupials.

Here are recent aerial pics of Manhattan reader uncertain about NY geography may appreciate. http://bit.ly/9VlF9R -- #24 is a view of Roosevelt Island from the north (Long Island/Queen on left, Manhattan on right), the SmallPox Hospital ruins are at the end of the island.

I don't understand why, even in the mid 1800's, this was believed to be isolation -- maybe due to lack of understanding transmission mechanisms?

By: profvrr

profvrr — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:26:16 +0000

It's on the agenda for the next TWiV…we'll have an expert on
endogenous viruses to weigh in.

By: ErikCarter

ErikCarter — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:07:15 +0000

I just saw an article today in Science Daily on endogenous filovirus genes in bats and...get this...marsupials! It's so odd. Here is the link:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/10...

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Tweets that mention TWiV 90: Guano happens -- Topsy.com — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:42:16 +0000

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