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Introduces the geological history of Hawaii and shows how the volcanic environment and climate have produced many different kinds of habitat. Illustrates how species got to the islands and how they became...
The story of the horse from 50 million years ago to the present time. Shows fossil horses and examines the evolution of the features we see in the modern horse. Examines the anatomical changes which led to...
Consists of illustrations and comments on the various ways human intervention as affected natural evolutionary processes. Examples: primitive husbandry and its effects (saami reindeer); artificial selection...
Discusses the factors for new species formation, using as the example the Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, the so-called ‘picture-wings’. Considers the biological control of the Mediterranean fruit fly in...
Shows a feral population of peafowl filmed at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, and a wild population at two tiger reserves in Rajasthan in Northern India. The courtship behaviour of peacock and peahen is shown...
Discusses the adaptive radiation of genetically very close species of plants classified into three genera, ‘Argyroxiphium’, ‘Dubautia’ and ‘Wilkesia’, known as the Silversword Alliance. Shows...
Dr Barbara Pearse from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge describes her discovery of the protein clathrin, which plays an important role in this process. Other proteins, called receptors,...
Sea urchins and snails, worms and whales, crabs and crayfish - the ocean seethes with a wealth of animal forms. Can we tease any underlying patterns from this immense diversity? This programme looks at a...
The biology and behaviour of Hawaiian ‘Drosophila’, - the so-called ‘picture-wings’ - showing the life cycle and male-male and male-female interactions. Discusses a natural fungicide that is a...
Looks at the causes of flowering, examining factors such as day length and night length. Shows how this information is used by commercial growers of chrysanthemums. Also discusses crops such as celery where...
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