This Week in Evolution

TWiEVO 40: Eau de bee


Listen Later

Nels and Vincent move back to reproductive isolation - this time, pre-zygotic, in the charismatic orchid bee where the males make chemically distinct perfumes to attract mates of the same species.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email

Become a patron of TWiEVO

  • Olfactory receptor gene underlies reproductive isolation (biorXiv)
  • Image credit
  • Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Science Picks

Nels- Nature Zen: Orchid Bees Are Shiny Vincent- What You Believe About Science Denial May Be All Wrong

Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles

Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

This Week in EvolutionBy Vincent Racaniello

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

169 ratings


More shows like This Week in Evolution

View all
This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology

2,058 Listeners

This Week in Parasitism by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Parasitism

454 Listeners

Nature Podcast by Springer Nature Limited

Nature Podcast

764 Listeners

Big Picture Science by Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

938 Listeners

This Week in Microbiology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Microbiology

517 Listeners

Ask a Spaceman! by Paul M. Sutter

Ask a Spaceman!

831 Listeners

Science Vs by Spotify Studios

Science Vs

12,225 Listeners

Science Magazine Podcast by Science Magazine

Science Magazine Podcast

824 Listeners

Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,406 Listeners

This Week in Virology by Vincent Racaniello

This Week in Virology

234 Listeners

In Defense of Plants Podcast by In Defense of Plants

In Defense of Plants Podcast

1,245 Listeners

Immune by Vincent Racaniello

Immune

276 Listeners

Short Wave by NPR

Short Wave

6,551 Listeners

Infectious Disease Puscast by Vincent Racaniello

Infectious Disease Puscast

86 Listeners

Matters Microbial by Mark O. Martin

Matters Microbial

20 Listeners