The Race to Crack the Genetic Code with Matthew Cobb

How was the code of DNA cracked? How did it confirm the theory of evolution? And why did life evolve the way it did? Matthew Cobb unravels the tangled story.
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Matthew's book "Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code" is available to buy now - https://geni.us/7bFdAn

Nick Lane and Matthew Cobb came together to tell the story of life. Watch Nick Lane's take on the tale here: https://youtu.be/gLcWfecmZhE
Watch the Q&A here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4N6ws1YTEk

Matthew Cobb is Professor of Zoology and a senior lecturer in animal behaviour at the University of Manchester. After spending some time researching humans at the institute of psychiatry, a lot of his work now investigates insect behaviour and its evolutionary and genetic basis, particularly smell.

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