(S3:E27) Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 1

Jun 26, 2024

In this episode Ed talks with Dr. Horacio Lopez-Nicora and Dr. Emile Gluck-Thaler. They discuss the idea of massive mobile elements (starships) within a fungal genome.

Additional Resources

Starships are active eukaryotic transposable elements mobilized by a new family of tyrosine recombinases

Systematic identification of cargo-mobilizing genetic elements reveals new dimensions of eukaryotic diversity

How to cite the podcast:

Zaworski, E. (Host) Gluck-Thaler, E. and Lopez-Nicora, H. (Interviewees). S3:E27 (Podcast). Beam Me Up!: Giant Starship Elements and Fungal Genomes Part 1. 6/26/24. In I See Dead Plants. Crop Protection Network. https://sites.libsyn.com/416264/s3e27-beam-me-up-giant-starship-elements-and-fungal-genomes-part-1

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