This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 66: SARS-2-mouse

Mar 25, 2021 · 1 hr 33 min · Episode 66 · 57.4 MB
0:00-1:33:45

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Nels and Vincent review a preprint demonstrating that changes in the genomes of the SARS-CoV-2 variants B1.351 and P.1 allow the viruses to reproduce in mouse cells in culture and in laboratory mice.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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