TWiEVO 29: Evolution on the wing - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

Nels and Vincent discuss the evolution of blood feeding to nonbiting in a mosquito, and evolution of bacterial virulence in the house finch caused by incomplete host immunity.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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• Molecular Evolution and the Cell meeting
• Mosquito evolution from blood feeding to nonbiting (PNAS)
• Mosquito blood feeding is not a free lunch (virology blog)
• Incomplete immunity and evolution of virulence (Science)
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• Letters read on TWiEVO 29

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