Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Harmit Malik

Vincent is joined by special guest Harmit Malik to discuss his work on the evolution of genetic conflict.

Links for this episode:

Harmit on YouTube
Retroviruses and mammalian placentation (PNAS)
Paleovirology (Curr Opin Virol)
Evolution among AIM2-like receptors (J Exp Med)
Poxvirus genomic accordions (Cell)
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TWiV 205: Genetic conflict with Harmit Malik