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Episode 10: March 2014

In this episode we hear about the mating habits of flies, radiation resistance in bacteria, how insects learned to smell, and the Hawaiian bobtail squid.
Episode 10: March 2014
Chris Frazee and Margaret McFall-Ngai (CC BY 4.0)

Chapters

  1. 0:41
    Vive la résistance
    Single mutations in three genes can dramatically increase the ability of E. coli to survive ionizing radiation.
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  2. 6:13
    Buzz off
    Male flies rub chemicals called TAGs onto female flies during mating to make them less attractive to other males.
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  3. 12:06
    A twist in the tail
    The Hawaiian bobtail squid and V. fischeri bacteria are the best of friends.
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  4. 17:31
    Up in the air
    The receptors that allow insects to smell various chemicals probably evolved around the time they developed the ability to fly.
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