This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 81: Evolution's new and improved slime molds

Aug 24, 2022 · 1 hr 26 min · Episode 81 · 52.9 MB
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Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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