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In any school classroom one finds a pool of human diversity. Children of the same age will vary in face and form, colour and culture. Which of these difference are due to genetic factors, and how might they...
The Amish choose to isolate themselves from other Americans because of their religious beliefs. By intermarriage they have formed an interesting population for studying genetic inheritance.
Looks the reasons for the rapid spread in the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.
Follows the race to discover the structure of DNA from 1951 to Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix in 1953.
At the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge, traditional methods are being used to produce new winter wheats. The stages in this time-consuming process, from the crossing of likely parental types and the...
Looks at the field evidence for natural selection on the island of Madeira, where over 200 distinct endemic species of land snail have become adapted to a variety of habitats. Addresses the problem of...
Discusses the role of genes, ecology and behaviour in the making of new species.
Since the modelling of DNA by Crick and Watson in 1953 as a double helix, there has been much research into how it compacts itself into cells and how it functions in protein synthesis. Shows how DNA packs...
Looks at research into human ancestry based on information stored in the genes and passed on down through the generations. The ‘molecular clock’ theory maintains that a new people evolved in Africa and...
Shows how mice can be used to demonstrate Mendel’s first law, the law of segregation. The programme is designed to be interactive: students are asked to view the families of mice and note their...
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