Seth Bordenstein | Darwin's Blind Spot: The Microbial Making of a Species
Channel: Dr. Seth Bordenstein
Date: 2024-02-10

Darwin Day Lecture, 2024 | Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Endowed Professor of Microbiome Sciences, Seth Bordenstein, presented to the University of Southern Mississippi on February 9, 2024 for the annual Darwin Day Celebration honoring Darwin's 215th birthday. In this talk, you will learn about Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, the history of microbiology and symbiosis in speciation studies over 150+ years, and how new data from animal and plant holobiont systems are shaping concepts, experiments, and evidence on the importance of microorganisms in animal and plant speciation.