The Science of Everything Podcast

Special Episode: Evolution and Genetics

Dec 10, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Many Episodes Do You Have?
01:59 • 2min
3
What's Your Research Background?
03:51 • 2min
4
The Role of Genes in Evolution
05:35 • 4min
5
Modern Synthesis - Is That a Fair View?
09:23 • 6min
6
The Plasticity of the Environment
15:03 • 4min
7
The Evolutionary Synthesis - Is the Source of the Variation a Random Mutation?
19:30 • 2min
8
Is Evolution a Variation of Allele Frequency in Populations Over Time?
21:05 • 2min
9
The Evolutionary Synthesis Approach to Evolutionary Biology
23:24 • 2min
10
What Is Agency in Evolution?
24:55 • 4min
11
Is the Behavior of the Animal a Phenomenon?
28:40 • 2min
12
Is There an Underlying Commonality in the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis?
30:59 • 3min
13
The Relationship Between the Modern Synthesis and the Extended Synthesis
33:52 • 2min
14
Genes as Blanders - Is That a Good Idea?
35:52 • 5min
15
Genes Code for Proteins, Not for Behaviors or Characteristics
40:27 • 2min
16
Is There a Genetic Determinism?
42:31 • 3min
17
Mendelian Genetics
45:15 • 2min
18
Teaching Genetics at a High School Level?
47:09 • 3min
19
The Relationship Between Genes and Proteins
50:02 • 2min
20
Genetics and Society and Politics
52:18 • 2min
21
Genealogy
54:25 • 2min
22
The Genetic Lottery
56:11 • 2min
23
Is That the Essential Idea That Catherine Pichard Is Driving At?
58:39 • 2min
24
I Think the Danger Stems From the Public Idea of Genetic Essentialism
01:00:39 • 4min