https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-86-pulling-out-the-stops-in-genetic-code-evolution
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 86: Pulling out the stops in genetic code evolution
Nels and Vincent discuss how evolution of changes in stop codon assignment might occur, and a novel mechanism for altering the meaning of translation stop...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-17-the-curious-cases-of-clam-cancers
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 17: The curious cases of clam cancers
Hosts: and Guest: Nels joins Vincent in New York City to speak with Stephen Goff about transmissible clam cancers and the silencing of integrated retroviral...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-16-breaking-in-the-making-of-genes
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 16: Breaking in the making of genes
Hosts: and Nels and Vincent reveal how introns - the parts of pre-mRNAs that are removed by splicing - were generated by DNA transposons in two different...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-118-mother-of-an-unrelated-brother
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 118: Mother of an unrelated brother
Nels and Vincent discuss research which shows a shift from the rule that living organisms produce same-species offspring: an ant that produces individuals from...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-63-year-of-the-coronavirus
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 63: Year of the coronavirus
Nels and Vincent wrap up 2020 with a discussion of novel variants of SARS-CoV-2 that have emerged in the United Kingdom and South Africa, how to interpret the...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-112-sex-z-cephalopods
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 112: Sex-Z cephalopods
Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-101-99-problems-but-a-tail-aint-one
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 101: 99 problems but a tail ain't one
Nels and Vincent review the genetic basis for tail-loss evolution in humans and apes. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , , of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join...
https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-65-variants-in-the-mist
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 65: Variants in the mist
Nels and Vincent review evidence that a single amino acid change in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein has driven adaptation to humans, followed by an update on the...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/podcast/twievo-89-on-the-outer-rim-of-tumor-evolution
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 89: On the outer rim of tumor evolution
Nels and Vincent discuss the observation that cells on a boundary of a solid tumor have higher growth rates compared to those in the center and how to model...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-22-e-pluribus-cerevisiae
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 22: E pluribus cerevisiae
Maitreya Dunham joins Nels and Vincent to explain how her laboratory uses experimental evolution to study yeast flocculation, the community-building cell...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-107-one-small-step-for-cells-one-giant-step-for-cell-kind
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 107: One small step for cells, one giant step for cell kind
Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of eukaryotes, with contributions from at least 3 bacteria (alphaproteobacteria) and a large contribution from DNA viruses...
https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-119-drive-fast-take-chances-and-encode-a-y-chromosome
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 119: Drive fast, take chances, and encode a Y chromosome
Nels and Vincent explain research attempting to explain why among humans, females around the world live on average 5 years longer than males, but the trend is...
https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-106-whats-old-immunity-is-new-again
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 106: What's old immunity is new again
Nels and Vincent explain how homology searches of anti-phage systems in eukaryotic genomes can be used to discover proteins of the human immune system. Hosts:...
https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-81-evolutions-new-and-improved-slime-molds
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 81: Evolution's new and improved slime molds
Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium....
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-124-the-little-ribozyme-that-could
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 124: The little ribozyme that could
Nels and Vincent discuss the discovery of a short RNA with the ability to catalyze its own synthesis. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , , of TWiEVO Links for this...
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https://twievo.libsyn.com/twievo-111-copy-that-genome
This Week in Evolution: TWiEVO 111: Copy that, genome
Nels and Vincent explain how template switching during DNA replication is a widespread source of adaptive gene amplification. Hosts: and Subscribe (free): , ,...
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