Breaking Bio Episode 19
Channel: Steven Hamblin
Date: 2013-02-24

In episode 19, we dissect the Sasquatch genome paper with David Winter (@the_atavism).  Spoiler alert:  still not real.  Also, looking for a radical new weight loss solution?  Well, don't try bot flies. Seriously.  Morgan and Bug Girl explain why it's a really stupid idea.

Note:  we've gotten comments about who we are.  I've had reports that I can't reproduce of the video starting at the 2 minute mark or so;  if you're looking to see who we are, make sure you're starting at the very beginning, because we introduce ourselves pretty thoroughly.  Also - though this is completely irrelevant to the content of the paper we're talking about - 3 of us (David, Bug, and I) all have our doctorates and are not students.  You can find out more about us at http://breakingbio.com/about/

(Also, for bonus points, here's Ketchum herself talking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkoPIy4mn6A, in which she says that the unknown male nuclear DNA comes from some kind of *lemur*).

Sea levels, for Paul.  http://www.cmar.csiro.au/sealevel/sl_hist_intro.html
For John, a description of David at the University of Otago: http://www.otago.ac.nz/genetics/study/studentprofiles/winter.html