This Week in Evolution   /     Going bananas over the origins of corn

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Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern maize, and the origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Two teosintes made modern maize (Science) Teosinte (Native Seeds) Evolution of triploid banana genome (Nature) Science Picks Nels – Why we need an academic career path that combines science and art – Nature Careers Podcast Vincent – Science’s 2023 Breakthrough and Breakdown Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv

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Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern maize, and the origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome. Hosts:  and ...
Duration
01:29:20
Publishing date
2023-12-26 20:03
Link
https://www.microbe.tv/twievo/twievo-096/
Contributors
  Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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Enclosures
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/twievo/TWiEVO096.mp3?dest-id=331900
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Nels and Vincent discuss the origins of two modern day agriculturally important plants: a role for two different wild teosintes in making modern maize, and the origin and evolution of the triploid cultivated banana genome.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

Subscribe (free): Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsRSSemail

Become a patron of TWiEVO

Links for this episode Science Picks

Nels – Why we need an academic career path that combines science and art – Nature Careers Podcast Vincent – Science’s 2023 Breakthrough and Breakdown

Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv