Episode 79 - The Worm That Changed Biology
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min
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Episode description
Jonathan Pettit, professor at the University of Aberdeen joins to discuss the amazing story of how C. elegans, a rotting plant eating worm, changed biology. This is a story of an intrepid group of researchers who set out to "tame a metazoan" and ended up with one of the most important model systems for developmental biology, genetics and more! You can find Jonathan on Twitter @genotripe
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Music by Freak Motif
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