Dr. Leslie Lyons from the University of Missouri joins us on our 86th podcast and we of course talk about genes! Leslie is an amazing geneticist that has focused her career on cat genes and what effect genetics can have on personalized cat medicine. We talk about her 99 lives project and the important link between her work and human disease. Did you know that quite a lot of 2 legged animals have polycystic kidney disease too?

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