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TWiEVO 26: My Scientist Vinny

  • December 7, 2017
  • Tagged as: apoptosis, cancer, DNA damage, elephant, evolution, large body size, LIF gene, p53, Peto's Paradox, recombination, segmental duplication

Vinny Lynch joins Nels and Vincent to discuss how a zombie gene in elephants protects these large, long lived animals from cancer.

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