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Episode 114
Nels and Vincent review the properties of Mendel's pea genes through the lens of modern genetic analysis.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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A wolf in wolf's clothing
Episode 113
Nels and Vincent explain the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Sex-Z cephalopods
Episode 112
Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Copy that, genome
Episode 111
Nels and Vincent explain how template switching during DNA replication is a widespread source of adaptive gene amplification.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vi…
1 year ago
Ants go from carpenters to surgeons
Episode 110
Nels and Vincent reveal that worker ants amputate their colleagues injured leg to prevent infections.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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On the origins of orange
Episode 109
Nels and Vincent discuss the molecular and genetic origins of sex-linked orange coat color in cats.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Subscribe…1 year, 2 months ago
TWiEVO 108: A virus in every parasite
Episode 108
Nels and Vincent review the identification of a novel virus associated with the pathogen Plasmodium knowlsei and which is part part of a diverse and …
1 year, 3 months ago
One small step for cells, one giant step for cell kind
Episode 107
Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of eukaryotes, with contributions from at least 3 bacteria (alphaproteobacteria) and a large contribution from D…
1 year, 4 months ago
What's old immunity is new again
Episode 106
Nels and Vincent explain how homology searches of anti-phage systems in eukaryotic genomes can be used to discover proteins of the human immune syste…
1 year, 5 months ago
Not every rose has its thorn
Episode 105
Nels and Vincent look at how plant prickles, sharp epidermal projections that provide defense from predators and other advantages, arose by convergen…
1 year, 5 months ago