Heredity Podcast

This month, we're entering the second century of maize genetics, and searching for drivers of the latitudinal biodiversity gradient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, the evolution of ant chemosensation and an algorithm that hunts for the underlying causes of disease syndromes - SYMPHONY, an information-theoretic method for gene-gene and gene-environment interaction analysis of disease syndromes - Comparative genomics of chemosensory protein genes reveals rapid evolution and positive selection in ant-specific duplicates Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

This month, exploiting interspecific diversity for crop improvement and understanding parental effects in an economically important fish - The influence of parental effects on transcriptomic landscape during early development in brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis, Mitchill) - Exploitation of interspecific diversity for monocot crop improvement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

This month, research into the peppered moth, old and new - The peppered moth and industrial melanism: evolution of a natural selection case study - Linkage map of the peppered moth, Biston betularia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a model of industrial melanism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, speedy snail evolution and newborn metabolic profiling: - Rapid, habitat-related evolution of land snail colour morphs on reclaimed land - The heritability of metabolic profiles in newborn twins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, four-eyed dogs, how inbreeding depression evolves and how many wolves gave rise to the dog? - MHC variability supports dog domestication from a large number of wolves: high diversity in Asia - Epigenetics as a new avenue for the role of inbreeding depression in evolutionary ecology - Of dogs and cows: a quasi-artificial selection scenario Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

This month, tropical breeding systems: - The pollen dispersal kernel and mating system of an insect-pollinated tropical palm, Oenocarpus bataua - Tropical breeding systems: one and done? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, tracking the 'monoculture effect' in the wild, and the population genetic structure of a rare, post-glacial colonist. - Highest genetic diversity at the northern range limit of the rare orchid Isotria medeoloides - Does genetic diversity limit disease spread in natural host populations? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.