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TWiEVO 113: A wolf in wolf’s clothing

  • April 23, 2025
  • Tagged as: cloning, de-extinction, dire wolf, Dolly the sheep, evolution, extinction, gray wolf, mutation, natural selection

Nels and Vincent explain the ancestry and evolution of the extinct dire wolf. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to playDownload TWiEVO 113 (63 MB .mp3, 87 min)Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for…

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TWiEVO 25: Pigeons show the way

  • November 22, 2017
  • Tagged as: drift, evolution, extinction, genome, mitochondrial genome, mutation, natural selection, passenger pigeon, population

Nels and Vincent discuss a genomic analysis of the passenger pigeon, which shows that species with large and stable populations may be at risk of extinction after a sudden environmental change.

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