This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 30: Driving Miss Maize-y

Apr 21, 2018 · 1 hr 15 min · Episode 30 · 45.6 MB
0:00-1:15:07

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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

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