Author and science journalist Rebecca Coffey chats with us about some amazing adaptations and Darwinian delights from her book, Beyond Primates. She tells us about wasp facial recognition genes, how yeast epigenetics explain the Dutch Hunger Winter and a dinner party tale of spider cannibalism.

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This episode of Genetics Unzipped was written, presented and produced by Sally Le Page with audio production by Emma Werner.

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