TWiEVO 31: Virus archaeology, or when the human genome is the junk

Nels and Vincent present ancient hepatitis B virus genome sequences from Bronze Age to Medieval period human remains.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Ancient hepatitis B virus genomes(Nature)
• Even more ancient HBV genomes(bioRxiv)
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• Letters readon TWiEVO 31

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