The Big Leap: cellular evolution

Ask A Biologist Podcast

Ask A Biologist Podcast
The Big Leap: cellular evolution
Nov 21, 2023 Episode 130
Dr. Biology Talks with William Ratcliff

Have you ever wondered how evolution operates at a cellular level? Dr. Biology has a conversation with evolutionary biologist William Ratcliff in an episode that investigates the process of how single-cell mutations can make the leap to coordinated groups of cells and ultimately to complex multicellular organisms. And we are learning all of this from a simple selection experiment involving yeast. Listen in and learn more about this long-running experiment that is giving us an idea of how single cells made the leap to multicell organisms.

Visit: Ratcliff Lab
Experiment: Snowflake yeast kit

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