We look at the genetics of societies, exploring how genes underpin the rigid social structures and roles in bees.
All in Animals
S5.15 Does size matter when it comes to your genes?
In this episode we’re discovering whether size really does matter - when it comes to your genes and genome, that is. Dr Kat Arney gets to grips with why the human genome has so few genes, why some species have more junk DNA than others, and whether you should avoid eating anything with more genes than you.
S5.11 When should you eat your relatives?
In this episode of Genetics Unzipped, presenter Dr Sally Le Page explores the gruesome side of family life in the natural world, getting stuck into a spot of cannibalism and asking: “When exactly should you eat your relatives?”
S5.10 Squid Game: the strange science of cephalopods
We're exploring the genetic secrets of squid. Dr Sally Le Page chats with Dr Sarah McAnulty to find out what has made squid so difficult to genetically manipulate and how they do unusual things with their RNA. We then sit down with Professor Jamie Foster who has been sending glow-in-the-dark squid into space to find out more about our microbiome.
S5.09 Nature, Nurture and 'The Wobble'
Presenter Dr Kat Arney explores the importance of randomness in genetics. How can we explain differences between individuals with identical nature and nurture? We look at how Ben Lehner’s worm-breaking research has changed our understanding of epigenetics.
S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
We find out how one of the world’s greatest minds revealed the maths behind the stripes on a zebra to the spots on a leopard, and even the pattern of bones in your own body.
S4.23 A menagerie of malignancy: Cancer across the animal kingdom
We’re taking a trip to the zoo, to find out how studying tumours across the animal kingdom can reveal insights into cancer in our own species.
S4.21 Rarities and Oddities: the strangest genetics stories of 2021
We’re squelching through Californian mud, swimming with platypuses, bearing witness to daylight robbery and even finding time to catch an episode of Star Trek as we look back on the strangest genetics stories of 2021.
S4.16 Direwolves and Denisovans: Uncovering the stories in ancient DNA
We delve back into the past discover the stories of Denisovans and direwolves that researchers are now able to read in ancient DNA.