03 October 2019: Leapfrogging speciation, and migrating mosquitoes
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🗓️ 2 October 2019
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
This week, how new species may form by sexual imprinting, and a previously unknown way for mosquitoes to migrate.
In this episode:
00:43 New species by sexual imprinting?
A Central American frog chooses mates resembling its parents, a possible route for new species to form.
Research Article: Yang et al.; News and Views: Leapfrog to speciation boosted by mother’s influence
09:58 Research Highlights
A light-based pacemaker, and the mathematics of the best place to park.
Research Article: Mei et al.; Research Highlight: Maths tackles an eternal question: where to park?
11:43 Gone with the wind
Researchers show that malaria mosquitoes may travel hundreds of kilometres using wind currents.
Research Article: Huestis et al.; News and Views: Malaria mosquitoes go with the flow
19:28 News Chat
Eradication of Guinea Worm pushed back, and researchers report ‘pressure to cite’.
News: Exclusive: Battle to wipe out debilitating Guinea worm parasite hits 10 year delay; News: Two-thirds of researchers report ‘pressure to cite’ in Nature poll
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination. |
| 0:11.1 | Not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:16.7 | London to Manchester from just 32 pounds each way. |
| 0:20.5 | Avanti West Coast. |
| 0:22.2 | Feel good travel. |
| 0:23.8 | Exclusions and limitations apply. |
| 0:25.6 | Full terms and conditions can be found at avantiwestcoastcoast.com. |
| 0:28.0 | UK forward slash plan. |
| 0:36.1 | In a experiment, I don't know yet. |
| 0:38.5 | Why is it like so far? |
| 0:40.4 | Like it sounds so simple. |
| 0:41.7 | They had no idea. |
| 0:43.2 | But now the data's... |
| 0:44.3 | I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding. |
| 0:52.1 | Nature. |
| 0:58.0 | Welcome back to the nature podcast. |
| 1:01.4 | This week, sex and speciation in frogs and migrating mosquitoes. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm Chamonie Bandell and I'm Nick Howe. First up, what makes a frog attractive? |
| 1:19.6 | For the strawberry poisoned dart frog, the amphibians their most attracted to often resemble their parents. |
| 1:26.0 | This sexual sorting may give an insight as to how new species |
| 1:30.4 | could form. Reporter Jeff Marsh has the story. You might have thought that 160 years after Darwin's |
| 1:37.2 | explosive book, The Origin of Species, would be done with the question of where species come from, |
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