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by Vincent Racaniello
This Week in Evolution is a podcast on the biology of what makes us tick. Hosts Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello take you through the new evolution that has been revolutionized by the field of genomics and molecular biology.
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- 4 days ago1h 27m
TWiEVO 126: Beyond Inheritance with Roxanne Khamsi
TWiEVO 126: Beyond Inheritance with Roxanne Khamsi June 1, 2026 Science journalist Roxanne Khamsi joins Nels and Vincent discuss her first book, Beyond Inheritance, which explores how DNA continuously mutates throughout our lives, challenging the idea that our genetic destiny is fixed at birth. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Roxanne Khamsi Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Beyond Inheritance (Amazon) Timestamps by Jolene Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
- Apr 26, 202652 min
TWiEVO 125: Evolution's egg timer
Nels and Vincent discuss the development of a comprehensive transcriptomic atlas of early embryogenesis from 61 animal species to understand the control of gene expression transitions from maternally deposited products to newly transcribed zygotic RNA. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Evolutionary landscapes of zygotic genome activation across animals (bioRxiv) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – Biologists Confirm Not Much Evolution Happened Today Vincent – How Trains Take Electricity from Wires Without Breaking Contact Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv
- Mar 19, 20261h 18m
TWiEVO 124: The little ribozyme that could
- Mar 19, 20261h 21m
TWiEVO 123: Stinkbug eggs with a schmear of fungus
- Feb 2, 20261h 15m
TWiEVO 122: The evolution of selfishness
- Jan 8, 20261h 42m
TWiEVO 121: AI imagines viruses
- Jan 8, 20261h 46m
TWiEVO 120: Sparkle pony
- Nov 4, 20251h 21m
TWiEVO 119: Drive fast, take chances, and encode a Y chromosome
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