TWiEVO 51: The starting point paradox

Nels and Vincent dive deep into evolution and consider how new proteins emerged billions of years ago, when there were no other proteins to serve as starting material. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Primordial emergence of a nucleic acid binding protein (bioRxiv) Tawfik laboratory Image credit Letters read on TWiEVO 51 Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Science Picks Nels - Universal principled review Vincent - Hostile Planet by National Geographic Listener Pick Courtney - Nightwish Endless Forms Most Beautiful and Shudder Before The Beautiful Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to [email protected]