Episode 60
How many new mutations from Mum and Dad?
How many DNA changes did Mum and Dad bestow upon each of us? And why too little sleep gives us a taste for junk food...
October 31, 201935m 41s
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Show Notes
This month, join Chris Smith to hear how sleep deprivation sends your endocannabinoids skyrocketing and triggers a tendency to binge, how many new genetic mutations you inherit from your parents, the gene for behaviour that turned out to be nothing of the sort, what good and bad learners have in common with youTube influencers, and from online collective whinge to paper in eLife: the careers of newly appointed PIs. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website
Topics
elife podcastgenetic mutations from parentsscience careersgood and bad learnerssleep and appetiteyellow gene drosophilasurabhi bhutanijonathan masseydavid metzthomas sasani