Episode 426
How Random are DNA Mutations?
New research shows that DNA mutations may be less random than previously thought.
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
November 11, 20153m 35s
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Show Notes
Cambridge has a rich history of making discoveries about DNA - the genetic code inside each and every one of us. In the 50s Watson and Crick announced that they had unravelled the structure of DNA - the famous double helix shape. Now, 60 years later, another Cambridge scientist - Bill Amos - has made a further DNA discovery - this time about the way the genetic code changes or mutates to allow evolution to happen, as he explained to Graihagh Jackson. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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