S5.01 How the zebra got its stripes: When maths and molecules collide
Jan 13, 2022•40 min•Season 5Ep. 1
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Episode description
We find out how one of the world’s greatest minds, Alan Turing, 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.
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Genetics Unzipped is written and presented by Kat Arney with audio production by Hannah Varrall.
This podcast is 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.
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