TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.
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TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Dickson Despommier, and Sagi Shapira
Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes meiosis and sexual reproduction.
Links for this episode:- Meiosis and haploid gametes in T. brucei (Curr Biol)
- Meiosis (Wikipedia)
- Letters read on TWiP 68
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