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005 - Vegetable soup

005 - Vegetable soup

Kat Arney
100 Ideas, Episodes, Plants, History of genetics

Kat: Hello, and welcome to Genetics Unzipped - the Genetics Society podcast, with me, Dr Kat Arney. In this episode from our series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re digging around in the genetic vegetable patch - from flavourful tomatoes and chunky onion genomes to Mendel’s peas.

Every other episode of Genetics Unzipped, we’re going to be celebrating the Genetics Society’s centenary year by exploring some of the top 100 ideas in genetics. So sit back, and enjoy these three tales from the world of genes, genomes and DNA.

The onion test

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Fifty shades of peas

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What’s your Flavr?

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Genetics Unzipped is presented by me, Kat Arney, and produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies in the world dedicated to supporting and promoting the research, teaching and application of genetics. You can find out more and apply to join at genetics.org.uk  Our theme music was composed by Dan Pollard, the logo was designed by James Mayall and production was by Hannah Varrall. Thanks for listening, and until next time, goodbye.

Picture: Photographic plate from Raphael Weldon’s 1902 paper in Biometrika.

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