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July 9, 2021
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Biologist Ralph Seelke on How His Lab Results Spell Trouble for Darwin
Ralph Seelke
July 9, 2021
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Episode 1476 With Robert Crowther
Guest Ralph Seelke
Duration 00:18:09 Download Audio File (16.6 mb)
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On this ID the Future from the vault, biologist Ralph Seelke describes his evolution research at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and explains the difference between microevolution and macroevolution. He explains why his lab results on bacteria suggest that evolution is extremely limited in the kind of progress it can achieve.
Ralph Seelke Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Superior Ralph Seelke is Professor Emeritus of Biology with the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He received his PhD in microbiology from the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 1981 and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Mayo Clinic until 1983. In 2004 he was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Stanford University Medical School (laboratory of Dr. A. C. Matin), conducting research on evolution. An authority on evolution's capabilities and limitations in producing new functions in bacteria, Dr. Seelke co-authored the science textbook Explore Evolution.