Genetics Unzipped – Uprooting the Tree of Life

Posted by Kat Arney, on 5 December 2019

Ernst Haeckel’s Tree of Life (public domain)

In this episode from our centenary series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re uprooting the tree of life – asking whether we should believe our eyes or our sequencing machines when it comes to deciding what makes a species.

Plus, the greatest comebacks of all time – we look at the science of de-extinction and find out whether Jurassic Park could ever become a reality.

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Full transcript and show notes available from GeneticsUnzipped.com

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Tags: Darwin, de-extinction, phylogenetics, phylogeny, taxonomy, The Genetics Society
Categories: Outreach, Podcast, Resources, Societies

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