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WSS S4E8: Don’t Blink: How Living Species Deal with the Rapid Evolution of Parasites

WSS S4E8: Don’t Blink: How Living Species Deal with the Rapid Evolution of Parasites

Update: 2019-12-05
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With a population in the millions of trillions, parasites are able to evolve at a faster pace than just about anything on Earth. Beth MacDougall-Shackleton, joins the Western Science Speaks Podcast to discuss some of the innovative mechanisms used by parasites to attach to a host, some of the warning signs of infection across different species, and why we wouldn’t want to completely eradicate parasites from our ecosystem.

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WSS S4E8: Don’t Blink: How Living Species Deal with the Rapid Evolution of Parasites

WSS S4E8: Don’t Blink: How Living Species Deal with the Rapid Evolution of Parasites

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