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69: The Science of Sex

Aug 10, 2020
01:48:47
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It’s episode 69, you know what that means... This week we’re talking about the science of sex! Absolutely everything you need to know about the birds and the bees (including why you really shouldn’t look to them for advice) 


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References and Further Reading 
  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160704-the-real-reasons-why-we-have-sex
  2. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/sexual-reproduction-and-the-evolution-of-sex-824/
  3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01601983
  4. https://biologydictionary.net/sexual-reproduction/
  5. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/sexual-reproduction/
  6. https://www.britannica.com/science/ovoviviparity
  7. https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/genetic-mechanisms-of-sex-determination-314/
  8. https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Chromosomes-Fact-Sheet
  9. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/sexual-reproduction/
  10. https://www.britannica.com/science/sex
  11. https://www.livescience.com/52489-meiosis.html
  12. https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/cellular-molecular-biology/meiosis/a/phases-of-meiosis
  13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3164815/
  14. https://www.nature.com/articles/166820a0

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