Mink, Ivory, & a Disease Discovered Backwards

Mink, Ivory, & a Disease Discovered Backwards

27:11 Nov 13, 2020
About this episode
It's a regular Noah's Ark: from the coronavirus strains that have been spreading through minks, to a new DNA test that can track poached elephant ivory, to the genetics of a very useful - and very inbred - cat. Plus: scientists have discovered a brand new genetic disease, via an unlikely approach and an even unlikelier coincidence... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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