S3.03 - Fish, facts and fiction, from Haeckel’s embryos to Tiktaalik
Kat: Hello, and welcome to Genetics Unzipped - the Genetics Society podcast, with me, Dr Kat Arney. In this episode exploring great ideas in genetics, we’re discovering our inner fish - finding out whether we really do go through a fishy phase in the womb, and looking at the legacy of Tiktaalik, the first fish to walk on land.
Kat: Hello, and welcome to Genetics Unzipped - the Genetics Society podcast, with me, Dr Kat Arney. In this episode exploring great ideas in genetics, we’re discovering our inner fish - finding out whether we really do go through a fishy phase in the womb, and looking at the legacy of Tiktaalik, the first fish to walk on land.
Back to the womb - fish, fraud and dodgy embryology
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Meet your inner fish
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That’s all for now. Next time we’ll be searching for the ghosts in our genomes, and finding out how to argue with a racist.
Genetics Unzipped is presented by Kat Arney, with additional research and scripting by Emily Nordvang, 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
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