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Episode 85: February 2023

In this episode, we hear about a possible link between mitochondrial DNA and personality, why humans are mostly right-handed, circadian clocks and sunflowers, hairless mammals, and how some herbivores deal with plant toxins.
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Episode 85
Miriam Lindenmeier (CC BY 4.0)

Chapters

  1. 0:33
    Mammals without body hair evolved this trait independently, but relied on the same set of genes to guide the process
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  2. 8:25
    It is not easy to explain why humans are predominantly right-handed
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  3. 16:02
    Sunflowers need to keep track of time to develop and reproduce
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    • Research Article by Carine M Marshall, Veronica L Thompson ... Stacey L Harmer
    • Insight by Young-Joon Park, Pil Joon Seo
  4. 23:53
    Honeybees use microbes to break down the toxins found in pollen and nectar
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  5. 29:33
    There is a relationship between mitochondrial DNA copy number and various personality traits
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