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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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
Traces the development of various theories of evolution. In six 10-minute segments: In the Beginning (the Biblical account of creation and challenges by Linnaeus, Buffon and Lamarck); Darwin, naturally;...
Discusses continuous and discontinuous variation, recent techniques in mapping genes on particular chromosomes, the role of inheritance in susceptibility to disease, and IQ and the implications of genetics...
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