Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Nitin Phadnis
Nitin joins Nels and Vincent to explain how he identified a gene that is responsible for male inviability in hybrids from a cross between two species of fruit flies.
Links for this episode Cell cycle regulation gene causes hybrid inviability in fruit fly (Science) Phadnis laboratory Phadnis laboratory on Facebook Gene for new species discovered (UNews) Tardigrade HGT disputed (bioRxiv) Photo credit: Lee J. Siegel, University of Utah Science PicksNels - Watercolor of Darwin and crew
Vincent - SpaceX rocket landing (Verge and ArsTechnica)
Nitin - 120th anniversary of Roentgen's first X-ray
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