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Nels and Vincent discuss research showing an ant that produces individuals from two distinct species, challenging the norm of same-species offspring.

Nels and Vincent discuss research which shows a shift from the rule that living organisms produce same-species offspring: an ant that produces individuals from two distinct species. 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 David Baltimore interview ( TWiV 100 ) One mother for two species (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene Science Picks Nels – Dr. Bill Rom, NYU canoes every lake connected by a portage trail in the Boundary Waters in Minnesota Vincent – Google just made photography obsolete Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv

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Hosts: Nels Elde, Vincent Racaniello

Topics covered

• evolution
• species
• genetics
• research
• organisms
• offspring

Keywords

• evolution
• species
• ant
• genetics
• offspring
• research
• Nels Elde
• Vincent Racaniello

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, NYU, MicrobeTV

Books & works: Nature

Places: Boundary Waters

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