This episode is about Hominin evolution and also lots of listener questions as we head into the final exam for VCE Biology Unit 3/4.

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1716 The Rellies

This episode is about the evidence that life on earth has changed over time.

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Songs in this episode:
Fossil Man by Bill Nye the Science Guy - used with permission of the BBC.

Evidence for Evolution

This episode is about Artificial selection (selective breeding), sexual selection and allopatric speciation.

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1714 Unnatural Selection

This episode is about the mechanisms of evolution: Natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow, including the founder effect and genetic bottlenecks. Free voicemail http://biologyoracle.podomatic.com (click the orange button) email: biologypodcast@gmail.com forum: www.facebook.com/biologypodcast Douchy's Website: http://www.evolveducation.com.au © 2017 Andrew Douch Please do not reproduce without permission. Disclaimers: 1. The explanations provided in this podcast are given in good faith but no responsibility will be taken for their accuracy. 2. The opinions expressed in this podcast are my own. They do not represent the opinions of the VCAA or any other organisation or government body. The song in this episode: "The Darwin Song" was produced by the BBC for its television show "Horrible Histories"

1713 How Evolution Works

This episode is about mutations - what they are, their importance to our understanding of evolution and the words we use to describe them.

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Mutctions

This Podcast is produced for Unit 3/4 Biology students More information is available at www.andrewdouch.com.au

Excellent way to make biology a lot more interesting and easier to understand! Keep it up

A must hear for biology students

A. Douch, will you post the other 42 episodes they are really quite helpfull!!!! Thanks very much

Where are the rest????

Douchy's Biology

This episode is about energy in cells. It covers cellular respiration, anaerobic respiration, photosynthesis, the ADP-ATP cycle and other important related concepts. 

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Research on cell's ability to release and take up ATP (in response to a listener question): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2595991/

Songs in this episode:
Greg Crowther, The Glucose Song - http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs/glucose.shtml
Photosynthesis Rap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-t0sGyjfto

1706 Sugar Sugar

This episode is about the specific (adaptive) and non-specific immune responses.

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Department of Defence

This episode is about apoptosis

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Songs in this episode:
Tom McFadden: Too Late to Apoptise, 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHOX43-4PvE
Bach: Toccata and Fuge in D Minor
Mozart: Sequentia confutatis
Mozart: Rex tremendae majestatis

1708 Programmed Cell Death

This episode is about the factors that affect the rate of enzyme-catalysed reactions.

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Songs in this episode:
The Enzyme Song by Mr W
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvwH12WoAA

1705 Enzymatic Reaction Rates

This episode is about signalling molecules (in plants and animals) and signal transduction. 

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1707 Message in a Bottle

This episode is about applications of our understanding of the immune system to everyday experiences. We consider allergies, vaccines, autoimmune disorders and other aspects of the human experience related to the function, or disfunction of the immune system

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1711 War Stories

This episode is about invading cellular and non-cellular pathogens.

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1709 Fully Sick

This episode is about enzymes: what they are, what they are composed of, how they work, and their importance in catalysing biochemical reactions.

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Songs in this episode:
GTAC by Biorad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID6KY1QBR5s

What's an Enzyme?

This episode is about gene structure and regulation. It includes discussions of the differences between structural and regulatory genes, gene structure and the lac operon as an example of gene regulation.

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Songs in this episode:
Regulatin' Genes by Tom McFadden 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_oKK4Teco

1703 Genes

This episode is about DNA, RNA and gene expression.

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