Evolution & genetics media

Thought I'd pass on two links. Greg Laden has posted a video of Robert Wright's interview with the late John Maynard Smith. I've watched it before, it's a great interview (or, at least Smith's responses are really interesting & meaty quite often). Also, this week's In Our Time covers Genetic Mutation. If names like Hugo de Vries are unfamiliar to you, probably worth listening to.

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