We’re saying bye-bye to the boys, and exploring whether new gene technologies and climate change will make males extinct.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner and Sally Le Page.
This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males

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Please fill out our listener survey at geneticsunzipped.com/survey before January 31stThis episode is all about the next generation, as we meet three up-and-coming scientists who have been supported by the Genetics Society, and learn all about Bermuda skinks, the Black Death and life after a genetics PhD.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner.
This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.27: Next Generation Sequence: Forging new paths in genetics

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyIn this episode, we talk to Greg Radick from the University of Leeds to explore the impact that Gregor Mendel and his populariser William Bateson have had on the past century of genetics, and ask whether there could have been a more Weldonian view of the world.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.
This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.26: The battle for biology: How Mendel came to rule the world

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyAs 2023 draws to a close, we’re bringing you a smorgasbord of previously unaired clips from some of our favourite interviews this year.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page & Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.25: 2023 Unzipped

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyWe discover how 500,000 whole genome from UK Biobank will help medical research, plumb the depths of the ‘dark genome’ with Nucleome, and Larry Moran tells us how much of our DNA is just junk.Please fill out our short listener survey hereFull show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written and presented and produced by Kat Arney with audio production by Emma Werner.
This podcast is produced by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.24: Genes, junk and the ‘dark genome’

Please take a minute or two to fill out our listener survey and help shape the future of the podcast: https://geneticsunzipped.com/surveyWith 2023 marking 40 years since the discovery of HIV, we're looking back over four decades of AIDS, from the earliest whispers of a mysterious new disease to fighting back against this deadly virus.Full show notes, transcript and references online at GeneticsUnzipped.com Follow us on Twitter @GeneticsUnzipThis episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Emma Werner  in collaboration with Sally Le Page and with additional research by Miyako Rogers.
This podcast is created by First Create the Media for the Genetics Society - one of the oldest learned societies dedicated to promoting research, training, teaching and public engagement in all areas of genetics.

S6.06: Bye-bye boys: The genetics behind the extinction of males

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