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  1. Blue Skies (1990 Video)

    Director
    Jeremy Llewellyn-Jones
    Producer
    Martin Rosenbaum
    Subject
    Science
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme examines the world of venture research. Because of its unconventional character, it is difficult to find the money to fund it. The programme traces the paths of three research projects from the...

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  2. Amish, The: A Family Legacy (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    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.

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  3. Jumping Genes (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks the reasons for the rapid spread in the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.

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  4. Patterns of Inheritance (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    The wings of butterflies display a striking colourful and varied array of patterns, but surprisingly few genetic changes are needed to produce this diversity. Dr John Turner of the University of Leeds shows...

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  5. Race for a Gene (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 49 min.

    Discusses the important breakthroughs that led to the discovery of a gene that causes a commonly inherited disorder, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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  6. Managing Landscape (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 23 min.

    Farming and industry have had a major impact on the landscape. Whether derelict land is restored, or areas of beauty preserved, is largely influenced by politics and finance but ecologists have an essential...

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  7. Succession (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Discusses the plant succession that takes place on sand dunes. The sand dunes at Braunton Burrows in North Devon provide the study example.

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  8. Superbugs (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Microbes such as bacteria and fungi can adapt to extreme environments. They can tolerate, even flourish, in extreme cold, in high salinity or under hot acidic conditions. This film looks at some of the...

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  9. Pine Beauty (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    A rare native moth, the Pine Beauty, suddenly reached pest proportions and caused devastating damage of pine forests in the north of Scotland. The outbreak was linked to the introduction of a new species of...

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  10. Winter Sleep, A (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Aileen Llewellyn
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    There is more to hibernation than just ‘sleeping off the winter’. Observations of the Canadian ground squirrel have shown that the animal can control its sleep, even at body temperatures close to...

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