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Genetics Unzipped
The Genetics Society
From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.
- 20 episodes
- Updated Jan 25, 2024
Episodes20
Jan 25, 2024 · 37 min
Jan 11, 2024 · 42 minS6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world
Dec 21, 2023 · 35 minS6.25: 2023 Unzipped
Dec 14, 2023 · 37 minS6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’
Nov 30, 2023 · 35 minS6.23: 40 years of HIV: the disease that broke the rules
Nov 16, 2023 · 29 minS6.22: Dumb luck: Amazing adaptations from happy little accidents

Oct 19, 2023 · 32 minS6.20: That’s so extra: Exploring the weird world of extrachromosomal DNA
Oct 5, 2023 · 44 minS6.19: Food for the future: Helping plants adapt to a changing world
Sep 21, 2023 · 40 minBONUS Hormones: The Inside Story - Is my diabetes my fault?
Sep 7, 2023 · 31 minS6.18: An Evolutionary Revolutionary: Alfred Russel Wallace and the discovery of natural selection
Aug 24, 2023 · 33 minS6.17: Vax to the future: The science of DNA and RNA vaccines
Aug 10, 2023 · 52 minS6.16 Double helix double crossing? What really happened between Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick?
Jul 27, 2023 · 26 minS6.15: Cordelia Langford: Making Big Science Happen
Jul 13, 2023 · 32 minS6.14: Tracking COVID and tackling obesity: Meet this year’s Genetics Society award winners
Jun 29, 2023 · 28 minS6.13: Kings, car parks and consent: should we sequence DNA from human remains?
Jun 15, 2023 · 25 minS6.12: Da Vinci’s DNA: What happens when genetics meets art
Jun 1, 2023 · 32 minS6.11: Meet the DNA Detectives hunting the causes of cancer
May 18, 2023 · 29 minS6.10: Space invaders: The amazing adaptations of tardigrades
May 4, 2023 · 27 minS6.09: Raiders of Noah’s Ark: Stealing genetic tricks from the animal kingdom