The Holy Trinity of Parthenogenesis-deSAT2, Polo-kinase, and myc

On the tenth episode of Honest Discussions we speak with Dr. Alexis Sperling, post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University in the UK. Alexis's creative and rigorous survey of the fruit fly genome uncovered three critical components of parthenogenesis- live birth from an unfertilized egg. Her stories about the project are a real glimpse into the life of a budding scientist, and her views on the future of science are heart warming to hear. You can read about her study here:

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00913-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982223009132%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Good resources about fly genetics, roundworm genetics, and parthenogenesis

https://www.thoughtco.com/parthenogenesis-373474

https://flybase.org/

https://wormbase.org//#012-34-5

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