This Week in Evolution

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 Cell meeting Selfish corn chromosomes (Cell) Dawe Lab - neocentromeres and meiotic drive Image credit Letters read on TWiEVO 30 Science Picks Nels - C...

Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of blood feeding to nonbiting in a mosquito, and evolution of bacterial virulence in the house finch caused by incomplete host immunity. Hosts:  Nels Elde  and  Vincent Racaniello Become a patron  of TWiEVO Molecular Evolution and the Cell meeting Mosquito evolution from blood feeding to nonbiting (PNAS) Mosquito blood feeding is not a free lunch (virology bl...

Sarah Tishkoff joins Nels and Vincent to explain work from her laboratory on the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in Africans. Hosts:  Nels Elde  and  Vincent Racaniello Guest: Sarah Tishkoff Become a patron  of TWiEVO Molecular Evolution and the Cell meeting Sarah AMA on Reddit Genetics of African skin pigmentation (Science) Image credit Science Picks Nels - In Defense of Plants  ( Shre w Loo )...

Taking a cue from the recent frigid weather, Nels and Vincent explore how modifications of a neuronal cold-sensing channel regulate diminished cold sensitivity in hibernating mammals. Hosts:  Nels Elde  and  Vincent Racaniello Become a patron  of TWiEVO Why ground squirrels and hamsters don't mind the cold (Cell Rep) Image credit Letters read on TWiEVO 27 Science Picks Nels - Undergrad podcasters...