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Heredity Podcast

Heredity

173 episodes

2 weeks ago

An official journal of the Genetics Society, Heredity publishes high-quality articles describing original research and theoretical insights in all areas of genetics. Research papers are complimented by News & Commentary articles and reviews, keeping researchers and students abreast of hot topics in the field.

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An official journal of the Genetics Society, Heredity publishes high-quality articles describing original research and theoretical insights in all areas of genetics. Research papers are complimented by News & Commentary articles and reviews, keeping researchers and students abreast of hot topics in the field.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/173)

Heredity Podcast

The consequences of invasion

We often hear that invasive species are bad for the ecosystems they invade, but the consequences can seem remote and hard to grasp. In this episode we hear from Nitin Ravikanthachari and Carol Boggs about their study system where an invasive plant has very tangible effects for a native butterfly.

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2 weeks ago

24 minutes 33 seconds

Heredity Podcast

Sex in a warming world: temperature and meiosis

Organisms are sensitive to temperature, but reproduction is likely to be affected at lower temperatures than survival. We're joined by Jessica McNeill & Caiti Smukowski Heil to talk about their work on meiosis in yeasts.

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1 month ago

25 minutes 11 seconds

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Genomic responses to past and future change

The genomes of organisms can tell us about evolutionary processes in the past - but can they also give clues about the future? André Yves and Fernanda Werneck tell us about their work on climate adaptation in Amazonian lizards.

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2 months ago

19 minutes 33 seconds

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Colourful signals in Anolis lizards

Many Anolis lizards have a sail of colourful skin on their throats which they use to communicate, but how does something like that evolve? Find out with researchers Renata Pirani, Carlos Arias and Mike Logan.

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3 months ago

23 minutes 57 seconds

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The American Bullfrog invasion of Belgium

Biological invasions are a huge issue in contemporary biology. In this episode we hear from Teun Everts and Rein Brys, who are studying the American Bullfrog invasion of Belgium.

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4 months ago

23 minutes 35 seconds

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Where, what and how? Phylogeography of American snakes

Frank Burbrink and Ed Myers talk about their recent work on American Racers. Spatial patterns, hybridisation and why the shapes of evolutionary trees might be more complex than we thought.

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5 months ago

19 minutes 9 seconds

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White-beaked dolphin conservation genetics

Continuing the recent theme of conservation genetics, we return to the sea with Marc Gose and Rob Ogden. They discuss their work on the white-beaked dolphin, and the importance of international collaboration to manage populations that span borders.

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6 months ago

17 minutes 10 seconds

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Golden bandicoot and Australian conservation genomics

Best student paper of 2024 winner Kate Rick, along with Brenton Von Takach and Kym Ottewell, discuss the use of genomics in Australian conservation efforts, and their study on the golden bandicoot.

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7 months ago

22 minutes 41 seconds

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Population dynamics of Atlantic orcas

Chérine Baumgartner and Andy Foote discuss working with orcas and their recent paper on diet and population dynamics in North Atlantic killer whales

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8 months ago

24 minutes 21 seconds

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Popgroup 2025, with Katja Guschanski

Katja Guschanski discusses working with mammal evolution, museomics and her plenary talk at Popgroup 2025

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9 months ago

20 minutes 49 seconds

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Meet the editors: Bastiaan Star

Meet Heredity editor Bastiaan Star (University of Oslo), we talk about his work with ancient fish DNA and why he enjoys working with Heredity.

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10 months ago

25 minutes 35 seconds

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From dish to big data, neuronal regeneration in mice

Genomics is about patterns, but finding them, or even knowing what to look for, is difficult. In this episode we talk to Noah Simon about the clever approaches he took to investigating the genomics of neuronal regeneration in mice.

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11 months ago

25 minutes 31 seconds

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The violet carpenter bee & the European Reference Genome Atlas

DNA sequence data promises to enable the study of biodiversity and its response to threats. However, much of this potential depends upon the availability of reference genomes. We hear about the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) from its Chairperson, Rob Waterhouse (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics). We also hear from ERGA member Will Nash (Earlham Institute) about his quest to understand the genome of the beautiful Violet carpenter bee.

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1 year ago

25 minutes 57 seconds

Heredity Podcast

What do editors do?

Even non-academics hear a lot these days about the peer review process, but how does this work behind the scenes? In this episode we meet another new associate editor, Sebastian Ramos Onsins. We also find out what editors do at the journal from Co-editor-in-chief Sara Goodacre and editorial assistant Sandra Huettenbuegel.

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1 year ago

15 minutes 17 seconds

Heredity Podcast

Genetic simulations with SLiM

The use of genetic simulations is gaining popularity. In this episode we learn about SLiM (https://messerlab.org/slim/), one of the most popular software packages, from one of its creators - Ben Haller.

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1 year ago

21 minutes 52 seconds

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New associate editor: Diala Abu Awad

Down in the engine room of a scientific journal are its associate editors, they arbitrate the peer-review process and make the whole system run. Heredity's newest editor is Diala Abu Awad, in this episode we find out a bit about her and her work.

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1 year ago

12 minutes 57 seconds

Heredity Podcast

Avoiding inbreeding in Iberian Wolves

Living near humans and human infrastructure has ecological effects on many species. Iberian wolf populations in human-dominated landscapes are unable to disperse as far as they would in the past. We find out how they are coping with this change, from Dr Carolina Pacheco, Dr Raquel Godinho and Dr Francisco Álvares.

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1 year ago

29 minutes 31 seconds

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Mosquito population structure and gene-drives

Gene-drives hold great potential for the control of biological pests, but first they need to be thoroughly tested under appropriate conditions. In this episode we discuss some new work assessing whether mosquito populations in Northern Australia could be used to test a gene-drive targeting malaria mosquitoes.

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1 year ago

23 minutes 37 seconds

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Alternative splicing and thermal adaptation in mice

Genes are recipes for proteins and proteins do stuff. But if a gene can make more than one protein, how does that affect genetic variation and the possible routes to adaptation? We get an introduction to the topic of adaptive alternative splicing from David Manahan.

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1 year ago

20 minutes 36 seconds

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Harnessing genomics and AI for conservation

We're in the age of big data, but there remain several hurdles to integrating genomics into conservation science. We hear about these issues from Prof Cock Van Oosterhout, and discuss the potential solutions he outlined in his recent perspectives article for Heredity.

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1 year ago

21 minutes 52 seconds