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TWiEVO 30: Driving Miss Maize-y
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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
Apr 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Nels and Vincent reveal how a motor protein in corn causes preferential transmission of chromosomes to egg cells, leading to non-Mendelian inheritance. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Become a patron of TWiEVO Molecular Evolution and the Cellmeeting Selfishcorn chromosomes (Cell) Dawe Lab- neocentromeres and meiotic drive Image credit Letters readon TWiEVO 30 Science Picks Nels - Craypot stinkhorn mushroom (Colus pusilus) Vincent -Doubts raised over plan to release herpesvirus to wipe out carp Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
Released:
Apr 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (98)
TWiEVO 3: Recombination is for the birds: Hosts: and Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of recombination in the genomes of birds and yeast. Links for this episode Stable in birds (Science) Putting the breaks on (Science)... by This Week in Evolution