by Vincent Racaniello
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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March 26, 2025
<p>Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://cellvolution.org/"><strong>Nels Elde</strong></a> and <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello"><strong>Vincent Racaniello</strong></a></p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-evolution/id1067573465"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twievo.libsyn.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></strong></div> <p><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><strong>Become a patron</strong></a> of TWiEVO</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds"><strong>MicrobeTV Discord server</strong></a></li> <li>Evolution of <a title="" href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225000053?via%3Dihub">sex in cephalopods</a> (Current Biol)</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/"><strong>Jolene</strong></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="science-picks-1-14-43" class="wp-block-heading">Science Picks</h3> <p><strong>Nels</strong> –<a title="" href= "https://notebooklm.google/"> </a><a href= "https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5334468/speaking-into-a-microphone-your-audio-quality-can-impact-the-way-people-view-you">Speaking into a microphone? Your audio quality can impact the way people view you</a><br /> <strong>Vincent</strong> – <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/health/measles-kennedy-vitamin-a.html">Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill</a></p> <p>Music on TWiEVO is performed by <a href= "http://trampledbyturtles.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Trampled by Turtles</a><br /> <br /> Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]</p>
February 26, 2025
<p>Nels and Vincent explain how template switching during DNA replication is a widespread source of adaptive gene amplification.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://cellvolution.org/"><strong>Nels Elde</strong></a> and <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello"><strong>Vincent Racaniello</strong></a></p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-evolution/id1067573465"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twievo.libsyn.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></strong></div> <p><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><strong>Become a patron</strong></a> of TWiEVO</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds"><strong>MicrobeTV Discord server</strong></a></li> <li><a title="" href= "https://elifesciences.org/articles/98934">Template switching</a> and gene amplification (eLife)</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/"><strong>Jolene</strong></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="science-picks-1-14-43" class="wp-block-heading">Science Picks</h3> <p><strong>Nels</strong> –<a title="" href= "https://notebooklm.google/"> </a>Jeremy Berg on Bluesky – jeremymberg.bsky.social<br /> <strong>Vincent</strong> –<a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04194-4#:~:text=But%20speed%20wasn't%20Lucy's,roughly%208%20metres%20per%20second."> </a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/science/dickson-despommier-dead.html"><strong>Dickson Despommier, 84</strong></a></p> <p>Music on TWiEVO is performed by <a href= "http://trampledbyturtles.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Trampled by Turtles</a><br /> <br /> Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]</p>
January 22, 2025
<p>Nels and Vincent reveal that worker ants amputate their colleagues injured leg to prevent infections.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href="http://cellvolution.org/"><strong>Nels Elde</strong></a> and <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello"><strong>Vincent Racaniello</strong></a></p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Subscribe (free): <strong><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-evolution/id1067573465"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twievo.libsyn.com/rss">RSS</a>, <a href= "http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></strong></div> <p><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><strong>Become a patron</strong></a> of TWiEVO</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Join the <a title="" href= "https://discord.gg/vmnCyBPQds"><strong>MicrobeTV Discord server</strong></a></li> <li>Wound-dependent <a title="" href= "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224008054?via%3Dihub#kwrds0010">leg amputation</a> in ants (Curr Biol)</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "https://ramseylab.vercel.app/"><strong>Jolene</strong></a></li> </ul> <h3 id="science-picks-1-14-43" class="wp-block-heading">Science Picks</h3> <p><strong>Nels</strong> –<a title="" href= "https://notebooklm.google/"> </a><a title="" href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/0Q0bn3GLfREFNKdihtDiRz">The Science Bridge</a><br /> <strong>Vincent</strong> –<a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-04194-4#:~:text=But%20speed%20wasn't%20Lucy's,roughly%208%20metres%20per%20second."> </a><a title="" href= "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/">US withdraws from WHO</a></p> <p>Music on TWiEVO is performed by <a href= "http://trampledbyturtles.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Trampled by Turtles</a><br /> <br /> Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]</p>
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