Evolution Matters (Audio) Podcast
1) The Diversity of Development - The Genetics of Primate Evolution: A Rosetta Stone for Understanding Human Disease
Ajit Varki is Co-Director of the newly established UCSD / Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny, multidisciplinary approach to understanding human origins, which involves sci...Show More
2) The Diversity of Development: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flower Formation
For thousands of years, people have pondered the mysteries of flower development and how these flowers ultimately give rise to fruit. Martin Yanofsky, professor of biology at UC San Diego, discusses r...Show More
The Diversity of Development: Unraveling the Mysteries of Flower Formation
57:36 | Apr 16th, 2008
3) The Diversity of Development - The Evolution of Complexity: From the Human Brain to the Rainforest
The living world is made up of complex biological systems. At the level of the individual, the most complex of these systems is the human brain. But the process of evolution has produced even more com...Show More
4) The Diversity of Development: Embryos and Evolution
How does variation in genes generate the beautiful diversity of animal body shapes that fill the world? UCSD Biologist William McGinnis explains that all animals, whether fish, fowl, or fly, share sim...Show More
5) The Diversity of Development: Clockwork Genes: Biological Rhythms in Health and Agriculture
We are all painfully aware of our internal clock when we travel across time zones or undertake shift work. But our clocks also control our blood pressure and fat metabolism, as well as our cognitive a...Show More