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A general overview of human heredity and genetic risk, illustrated with examples of several congenital diseases. Explains genetic tests such as the DNA test and antenatal diagnosis and discusses their...
Explains the concepts of genetic relatedness, including coefficients of relatedness and meiotic discussion, fitness, and Hamilton’s theory. Shows grahically how individuals should respond in order to...
A Royal Institution Discourse by Professor John Maynard Smith about heredity and DNA, the essential features of life. Heredity is the property that like begets like, DNA stores and transmits genetic...
2: Looks at the rhythmic actions of the vertebrate heart and how these rhythms arise through efficient inter-cellular communication. Examines new research into electrical activity and fluid flow through th...
Scientists are collecting blood samples from the Ahuaco and Asario Indians who live in the remote rain forests of northeern Columbia in order to provide DNA for the Human Genome Biodiversity Project. The aim...
The history of Britain as known from the genetic makeup it her people. Geneticist Sir Walter Bodmer sets out on a journey around Britain to prove how our genes can uncover a hidden history of our people,...
Looks at the Human Genome Project, an international biology project designed to map all human DNA. Looks critically at the medical benefits that may accrue, some of the scientific techniques used, and...
Biotechnology could shape the next century, but new organisms can run out of control and upset the ecological balance. Discusses a new safety test - ‘the fourth hurdle’ - and examines the environmental...
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...
Follows one of sciences’ most famous biologists, Charles Darwin, on the historic round-the-world voyage that prompted his ideas on evolution, the process of biological change. Almost 100 years later,...
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