Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of recombination in the genomes of birds and yeast. Links for this episode Stable recombination hotspots in birds (Science) Putting the breaks on meiosis (Science) Evolutionary stability of recombination in yeast (Science) Image credit Science Picks Nels - Tardigrade horizontal gene transfer (The Atlantic article)Vincent - Einstein's theory of relativity changed everything Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv