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In this episode which is definitely right on time for Valentine's Day, Charles tells Tessa about a paper he read on the fruitless gene (originally identified in Drosophila melanogaster, the "laboratory fruit fly") and its possible control over the courtship behavior in Blattella germanica, the "German cockroach," another classic model organism. Tangents of variable length include how crucial genitals are to entomology, the placement of cockroaches in the insect family tree, and how cockroaches never get their due respect.
Show notes and a transcript are available for the episode on our website: https://asabpodcast.com/2023/02/20/episode-61/
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Our intro music is by Nicole Petkovich.
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Episode 41: This One’s About COVID
Episode 40: Román Ramos Báez on PLANTS
Episode 39: Emily Hunt on GALAXIES
Episode 38: Repo! The Genetic Opera (Super Spooky Halloween Special Part II)
Episode 37: The Horrors of the MIND (Super Spooky Halloween Special Part I)
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Episode 35: Oh I Am What I Am, I‘ll Do What I Want (Watch Roswell), But I Can‘t Hide (That I Love Roswell)
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Episode 33: Nicole Petkovich on Materials Science, Industry, and Old Web Nostalgia
Episode 32: We Also Read "Helicopter Story" (Formerly "I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter")
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Episode 30: Fayth Tan on Regeneration and Queer Identity
Episode 29: Michaela Gallucci (izzitMichaela) on Climate Change and a LOT of Robot Talk
Episode 28: Y'all Heard of the Picture-Winged Flies (Ulidiidae)?
Episode 27: Annalee Newitz on "Lost Cities" and the Nature of Self
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