This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 91: Meet your very distant cousins

Jul 17, 2023 · 1 hr 31 min · Episode 91 · 56.2 MB
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Nels and Vincent discuss new findings using phylogenetic approaches about how complex eukaryotic cells emerged from prokaryotic ancestors, which firmly place eukaryotes as a clade nested within the Asgard archaea.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent RacanielloS

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Nels – Juneteenth issue of Cell – collection of essays from black and brown scientists

Vincent – Tara Oceans

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