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The liverwort, a standard example of alternation of generations, is examined using closeup and time-lapse photography. The role of water, essential to the reproduction of bryophytes, is visualised. A...
One birth sequence shows the natural behaviour of the mother as the young makes its way, unaided, to the pouch. A second sequence, with an anaesthetised female, shows the moment of birth more clearly and...
The mating behaviour of the grey bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium griseum) is observed. A remarkable feature is the male’s biting the pectoral fin of the female and shaking her vigorously. The copulation and...
A detailed record of the complex morphogenetic changes occurring in ‘Crinoniscus equitans’ (Isopoda, Cryptoniscidae) which is parasitic on the cirripede ‘Balanus perforatus’. Starting with the sex...
Shows how each baby, unless it has an identical twin, inherits a unique genetic constitution from its parents. Explains the division of cells, DNA, and chromosomes. Shows how the reproductive organs develop...
An educational version of the award-winning THE PETERSFINGER CUCKOOS broadcast by the BBC in 1976. It follows cuckoos as they pair in the spring after arriving from Central Africa until the departure of...
'Galanthus nivalis’ ('Amaryllidaceae’): anatropous ovule. In-situ observations in the opened embryo sac (time-lapse sequence), e.g. double fertilisation - fusion of the nucleoli of the egg cell and the...
Illustrates the equipment used for breeding, handling and observing ‘Drosophilia’ (7 slides); stages in the life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult (4 slides); the sex differences (6 slides); and some...
A short film about the genesis of animal life. In great microscopic detail, we see the ‘making of’ an Alpine Newt in its transparant egg from the first cell division to hatching. A single cell is...
Examines the development of pupal cocoon recognition in the brood-nursing behaviour of ants ('Formica spp.). Shows experimental procedures that purport to demonstrate that 1) recognition is not innate but...
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