Darwin and Inheritance - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
How are genetic traits handed down through generations? How did you inherit your grandfather's red hair whilst your parents are both black-haired? Even Charles Darwin himself never really understood the causes behind this. This album traces the development of our understanding of the laws of inheritance. The tracks on this album, drawn from an Open University programme first broadcast in 1998, explore the discoveries of scientists such as the botanist Mendel, and the chemist Friedrich Miescher who first identified DNA, and see how they come together with Darwin's theory of evolution to form the concepts which lie at the heart of modern genetics. Contributors include Richard Dawkins, Colin Tudge, John Maynard Smith, Steven Rose and Steve Jones.
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CleanDarwin and Inheritance | A short introduction to this album. | 25 3 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Darwin and Inheritance | Transcript -- A short introduction to this album. | 25 3 2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | CleanVideoDarwin's Burning Question | Darwin's Theory of Evolution lacked a credible explanation for characteristics which skipped generations. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Darwin's Burning Question | Transcript -- Darwin's Theory of Evolution lacked a credible explanation for characteristics which skipped generations. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | CleanVideoMendel and Heredity | The story of Mendel who in the 1850's observed hereditary patterns in plants such as the pea. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Mendel and Heredity | Transcript -- The story of Mendel who in the 1850's observed hereditary patterns in plants such as the pea. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | CleanVideoGalapagos & Nature's Variety | Darwin travels to Galapagos Islands and is confused by the variations within species such as finches. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Galapagos & Nature's Variety | Transcript -- Darwin travels to Galapagos Islands and is confused by the variations within species such as finches. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | CleanVideoDarwinism Meets Mendelian Genetics | Only in the 1930's was it realised that it is not attributes that are passed on but genes. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Darwinism Meets Mendelian Genetics | Transcript -- Only in the 1930's was it realised that it is not attributes that are passed on but genes. | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | CleanVideoMiescher Identifies DNA | Miescher speculates that DNA could provide the missing piece of the puzzle of how the laws of inheritance worked physically. . | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTranscript -- Miescher Identifies DNA | Transcript -- Miescher speculates that DNA could provide the missing piece of the puzzle of how the laws of inheritance worked physically. . | 1 3 2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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