TWiV 875: Animal house

<p>TWiV discusses the virome of game animals in China, and the finding that binding of sarbecoviruses to ACE2 is an ancestral and evolvable trait.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="Dickson Despommier" href= "http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, and <a title= "Amy Rosenfeld" href="http://enterovirus.net/">Amy Rosenfeld</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode"><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>WHO declaration of <a title="COVID-19 pandemic" href= "https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---11-march-2020"> COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li>Virome of <a title="China game animals" href= "https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(22)00194-5.pdf?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867422001945%3Fshowall%3Dtrue"> China game animals</a> (Cell)</li> <li><a title="ACE2 binding" href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04464-z">ACE2 binding</a> is ancestral and evolvable (Nature)</li> <li><a title="Letters read" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-875-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 875</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3 id="weekly-picks-1-34-06">Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Dickson</strong> – <a title= "Ship found at the bottom of the sea" href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/climate/endurance-w