This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 103: Change the world by duplicating yourself

Jul 9, 2024 · 1 hr 38 min · Episode 103 · 72.3 MB
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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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