Lamarkian Evolution

Lamarkian Evolution

How did giraffes get long necks? Are plants secretly communists? What does epigenetics have to do with WandaVision? Nick and Ellie ponder these questions and more in this episode on the theories of Lamark and Darwin, as well as Trofim Lysenko, one of the worst scientists in history.


An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).


Super curious about epigenetics? Check out this lecture from Dr. Lydia Wassink on the basics of epigenetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvvJb8HwZL8


Want to learn more about the life and legacy of 'scientist' Trofim Lysenko?

A summary of Lysenko's work and its modern Renaissance: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/trofim-lysenko-soviet-union-russia/548786/

Recent correspondance on Lysenko's work: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-019-0422-5

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