Ranked #1
TWiEVO 61: Shot and chaser of SARS-CoV-2 evolution
TWiEVO 61: Shot and chaser of SARS-CoV-2 evolution
Nels and Vincent discuss an opinion piece on 12 evolutionary insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping human na... Read more
31 Oct 2020
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #2
TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox
TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox
Nels and Vincent dive deep into evolution and consider how new proteins emerged billions of years ago, when there were n... Read more
22 Jan 2020
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1hr 10mins
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Ranked #3
TWiEVO 60: Five years of TWiEVO on the future of our past
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On the fifth anniversary of TWiEVO, Nels and Vincent invite 12 evolutionary biologists to describe exciting future direc... Read more
25 Sep 2020
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1hr 50mins
Ranked #4
TWiEVO 32: Never not neutral
TWiEVO 32: Never not neutral
Matt joins Nels and Vincent to discuss the neutral theory of evolution and its rejection in light of genome-scale data. ... Read more
19 Jun 2018
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1hr 19mins
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Ranked #5
TWiEVO 28: Genetics of skin pigmentation in Africa
TWiEVO 28: Genetics of skin pigmentation in Africa
Sarah Tishkoff joins Nels and Vincent to explain work from her laboratory on the genetic basis of skin pigmentation in A... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #6
TWiEVO 38: Evolving to evolve
TWiEVO 38: Evolving to evolve
Nels and Vincent reveal a highly conserved protein that acts as an evolvability factor, increasing mutation and the abil... Read more
24 Dec 2018
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #7
TWiEVO 3: Recombination is for the birds
TWiEVO 3: Recombination is for the birds
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of recombination in the genomes of birds ... Read more
9 Jan 2016
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1hr 22mins
Ranked #8
TWiEVO 29: Evolution on the wing
TWiEVO 29: Evolution on the wing
Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of blood feeding to nonbiting in a mosquito, and evolution of bacterial virulence... Read more
21 Mar 2018
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1hr 42mins
Ranked #9
TWiEVO 42: Who's who in your genome
TWiEVO 42: Who's who in your genome
Nels and Vincent review the contribution of multiple Denisovan lineages to the modern Papuan genome. Hosts: Nels Elde an... Read more
24 Apr 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #10
TWiEVO 31: Virus archaeology, or when the human genome is the junk
TWiEVO 31: Virus archaeology, or when the human genome is the junk
Nels and Vincent present ancient hepatitis B virus genome sequences from Bronze Age to Medieval period human remains. Ho... Read more
19 May 2018
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #11
TWiEVO 8: Everyone's a little bit Neanderthal
TWiEVO 8: Everyone's a little bit Neanderthal
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Nels visits Vincent in the MicrobeTV studio in New York and talks about how key ... Read more
8 Jun 2016
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1hr 37mins
Ranked #12
TWiEVO 4: Taking the mystery out of the mystery of mysteries
TWiEVO 4: Taking the mystery out of the mystery of mysteries
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Nitin Phadnis Nitin joins Nels and Vincent to explain how he identified a... Read more
23 Jan 2016
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1hr 35mins
Ranked #13
TWiEVO 26: My Scientist Vinny
TWiEVO 26: My Scientist Vinny
Vinny Lynch joins Nels and Vincent to discuss how a zombie gene in elephants protects these large, long lived animals fr... Read more
7 Dec 2017
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #14
TWiEVO 50: I'm dreaming of a Y chromosome
TWiEVO 50: I'm dreaming of a Y chromosome
Nels and Vincent discuss signatures of sex chromosome evolution revealed by assembly of a young vertebrate Y chromosome ... Read more
24 Dec 2019
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1hr 42mins
Ranked #15
TWiEVO 30: Driving Miss Maize-y
TWiEVO 30: Driving Miss Maize-y
Nels and Vincent reveal how a motor protein in corn causes preferential transmission of chromosomes to egg cells, leadin... Read more
21 Apr 2018
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #16
TWiEVO 6: Butterflies are free to shuffle
TWiEVO 6: Butterflies are free to shuffle
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Nels and Vincent continue with an emerging sub-theme of TWiEVO - organisms with ... Read more
19 Mar 2016
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1hr 42mins
Ranked #17
TWiEVO 33: Fly by virus
TWiEVO 33: Fly by virus
Nels and Vincent are astounded by the finding of an insect-derived virus in a fungus that manipulates the behavior of fl... Read more
25 Jul 2018
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1hr 20mins
Ranked #18
TWiEVO 49: A giant podcast on giant viruses
TWiEVO 49: A giant podcast on giant viruses
Rich joins Nels and Vincent for a debriefing on the 4th Ringberg Symposium on Giant Virus Biology in Tegernsee, Germany.... Read more
29 Nov 2019
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1hr 53mins
Ranked #19
TWiEVO 9: How to crash your gene drive
TWiEVO 9: How to crash your gene drive
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Jim Bull Nels and Vincent speak with Jim Bull about the results of geneti... Read more
5 Jul 2016
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1hr 38mins
Ranked #20
TWiEVO 52: Virus evolution by land and by sea and by CoV
TWiEVO 52: Virus evolution by land and by sea and by CoV
Nels and Vincent examine SARS-CoV-2 from an evolutionary viewpoint, examining what the spike glycoprotein sequence infor... Read more
26 Feb 2020
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1hr 22mins
