TWiEVO 103: Change the world by duplicating yourself
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 103
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Episode description
Nels and Vincent explore a direct experimental test of Ohno’s Hypothesis, which states that gene duplication can help genes tolerate new mutations and thus facilitates the evolution of new phenotypes.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- Direct test of Ohno’s Hypothesis (eLive)
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Nels – Experimental Evolution and the Nature of Biodiversity
Vincent – Is science’s dominant funding model broken?
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