TWiM #148: Ne­an­derthal Den­tistry

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Vin­cent, Elio, and Michael re­veal what Ne­an­derthals ate from analy­sis of DNA in their teeth, and new CRISPR-Cas sys­tems found in the genomes of un­cul­tured mi­crobes.

Hosts: Vin­cent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michael Schmidt.

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Links for this episode

• An­cient DNA in Ne­an­derthal teeth (Na­ture)
• New CRISPRs from metage­nomics (Na­ture)
• CRISPR/cas ex­plained (Wikipedia)
• ASM Con­fer­ence for Un­der­grad­u­ate Ed­u­ca­tors
• Im­age credit
• Let­ters read on TWiM 148

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