43- Two-Component Systems
Bacteria are far simpler in molecular terms than eukaryotes. However, they still need to be able to sense and respond to their environment. How do they do this? Enter the two-component system; a two-p...
1 Aug 20215min
42- The Quagga
No, the episode name isn't a typo. Rather, it's the name of a subspecies of zebra we're going to be discussing today. Along the way, we will explore clines, the purpose of zebra stripes and an attemp...
25 Jul 20216min
41- Gruinard Island
Biological warfare has been around for centuries. However, it itself isn't the topic of today's episode. Rather, today we're going to talk about experiments conducted with anthrax on Gruinard Island i...
18 Jul 20216min
40- Two Views on Communities
Today is more of a follow-up episode building on episode 39. Specifically, we're going to examine two different schools of thought about plant succession, known as the Gleasonian and Clementsian model...
11 Jul 20213min
39- Succession and Climax Communities
Our discussion this week is going to head back into ecology and focus on succession- a change in the species composition of a community across space or time. Sources for this episode: Cain, M. L., ...
4 Jul 20215min
38- Haemophilia
Haemophilia is a genetic condition which is characterised by one of the blood clotting factors, usually encoded for on the X chromosome, not being encoded for properly for various reasons- whether it'...
27 Jun 20215min
37- Metapopulations
We're all familiar with populations, but what about a metapopulation? Put simply, these are populations of populations. Thanks to our sources and also my interpretation of the subject from back when I...
20 Jun 20214min
36- Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Back in the early 20th century, an English mathematician and a German scientist both independently came up with an equation to portray the frequency of different phenotypes in a hypothetical populatio...
13 Jun 20217min
