This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 93: Faster than a speeding bacteria

Aug 25, 2023 · 1 hr 30 min · Episode 93 · 66.3 MB
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Nels and Vincent review a collision of synthetic biology and experimental evolution, using a minimal synthetic bacterial cell with only 473 genes, the smallest genome of any known organism that can be grown in lab culture.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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