TWiV 485: Fishing with defective flies

The TWiV posse considers viral insulin-like peptides encoded in fish genomes, and insect antiviral immunity by production of viral DNA from defective genomes of RNA viruses. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , Kathy Spindler , and Brianne Barker Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode ASM Microbe 2018 Insulin-like peptides in Iridovirus genomes (PNAS) Dicer-2 dependent generation of cvDNA from defective genomes (Cell Host Micr) Carla Saleh on insect antiviral immunity ( TWiV 301 ) RNAseIII ancient antiviral RNA platform ( TWiV 450 ) cvDNA precursor to EVEs ( TWiV 482 ) Image credit: Paul Young Letters read on TWiV 485 Weekly Science Picks Kathy - Vegas casinos lost money on physicists Brianne - Astronaut twin's DNA is not 7% different! Dickson - Parasitic Diseases lecture videos Alan - In Season blog by Donna Long Vincent - Buckyball viruses Listener Picks Paul - Wine labels ( front , back ) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees . Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]