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Marlene Zuk, University of California -- Riverside

Caption: Marlene Zuk, an evolutionary biologist at UCR, is the author of "Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the Parasites that Make Us Who We Are."

Credit: UC Riverside Office of Strategic Communications.

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