Douchy's Biology

This episode is (mostly) about artificial selection / selective breeding. Ask your questions for discussion on the upcoming podcast: - Email to biologypodcast@gmail.com © 2022 Andrew Douch This work is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part ...  Show more

This episode is about the mechanisms of evolution: Natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow, including the founder effect and genetic bottlenecks. © 2022 Andrew Douch. Please do not reproduce without permission. Disclaimers: 1. The explanations provided in this podcast are ...  Show more

This episode is about mutations especially types of mutations and their effects on proteins, genetic variation and viral antigenic drift and also answers some great questions asked by listeners about a range of things that often confuse students, such as why we are not still immu ...  Show more

The whole of this episode is devoted to answering student questions, most of them about the immune system. If you only want a basic understanding of the immune system, you might want to skip this episode. It is intended for those students who want to go a little deeper and see ho ...  Show more

In this episode we apply what we know about the immune system to our everyday experience of disease and pathogens - and explores some of the ways that we use technology to fight the war against pathogens. Ask your questions for discussion on the upcoming podcast: - Email to biolo ...  Show more