This Week in Evolution
Summary: This Week in Evolution is a podcast on the biology of what makes us tick. Hosts Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello take you through the new evolution that has been revolutionized by the field of genomics and molecular biology.
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- Artist: Vincent Racaniello
- Copyright: Copyright 2020 Vincent Racaniello
Podcasts:
Vinny Lynch joins Nels and Vincent to discuss how a zombie gene in elephants protects these large, long lived animals from cancer.
Nels and Vincent discuss a genomic analysis of the passenger pigeon, which shows that species with large and stable populations may be at risk of extinction after a sudden environmental change.
Marco Vignuzzi joins Nels and Vincent to discuss recent work from his laboratory on redirecting RNA virus evolution in sequence space.
Nels and Vincent reveal how the protein DHX9 suppresses RNA processing defects caused by invasion of the Alu retroelement into the human genome.
Maitreya Dunham joins Nels and Vincent to explain how her laboratory uses experimental evolution to study yeast flocculation, the community-building cell aggregation trait.
TWiEVO 21: A virus with a green thumb
TWiEVO 20: In the company of cnidarians
TWiEVO 19: The beauty of the story
TWiEVO 18: Raiders of the lost orco
TWiEVO 17: The curious cases of clam cancers
TWiEVO 16: Breaking in the making of genes
TWiEVO 15: From cockroaches to grizzly bears
TWiEVO 14: TWi-light on the Wasatch Front
TWiEVO 13: This week in ants
TWiEVO 12: Take a left at the goats
