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TWiEVO 7: Pigeon fashion week, feathery boots edition

TWiEVO 7: Pigeon fashion week, feathery boots edition

FromThis Week in Evolution


TWiEVO 7: Pigeon fashion week, feathery boots edition

FromThis Week in Evolution

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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Mike Shapiro
Mike joins Nels and Vincent to talk about his work on what controls whether pigeons have scaly or feathered feet, and reveals that the hindlimbs of domestic birds with feathery feet are more like wings at the molecular level. 
 
Links for this episode

Shapiro Laboratory
Shifts in limb identity underlie development of feathered feet (eLife)
Photo of Muffed Fairy Swallow by Sydney Stringham

Science Picks
Mike - Pigeon exhibit, Natural History Museum of Utah; Pigeonetics (App store); Darwin's PigeonsNels - National Parasite CollectionVincent - The Story Collider
Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles
Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
Released:
Apr 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.