Nels and Vincent discuss how duplication of a gene encoding a transcription factor led to evolution of a novel cell type in the slime mold Dictyostelium.

Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello

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Links for this episode * Gene duplication leads to novel cell type (Current Biol) * Evolution of multicellularity (TWiEVO 11) * Letters read on TWiEVO 81 * Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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