This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 11: Microbial accomplices in multicellularity


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Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Nicole King

Nicole joins Nels and Vincent to discuss the finding of her laboratory that multicellular development of choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals, is regulated by bacterial lipids.

 

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Links for this episode
  • Nicole King on Twitter
  • Choanoflagellate workshop
  • Bacterial lipids regulate Salpingoeca development (PNAS)
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  • Letters read on TWiEVO 11

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Science Picks

Nels - I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (Fresh Air interview) Vincent - Viral Infections of Leisure by David Schlossberg

Listener Pick

Justin - Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean B. Carroll

Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles

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