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<p>I&#8217;m finally back with a new episode! This episode focuses on the Southern White Rhino, and how captive diets are impairing their reproductive success.</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the paper I discuss:<br />
<a href="https://mbio.asm.org/content/mbio/10/2/e00311-19.full.pdf">Gut Microbiota and Phytoestrogen-Associated Infertility in Southern White Rhinoceros</a></p>

Episode 17 – GalSafe Pigs

Each week I'll be discussing a different current biological research topic, explaining how it applies to the real world. There's so much research going on, but so little of it makes it to the general public -- I'm here to change this. Blog: wordsaboutbiology.wordpress.com