The Very Short Introductions Podcast

The Animal Kingdom – The Very Short Introductions Podcast – Episode 33


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In this episode, Peter Holland introduces the animal kingdom and explains how our understanding of the animal world has been vastly enhanced by analysis of DNA and the study of evolution and development in recent years.

Learn more about The Animal Kingdom: A Very Short Introduction here:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-business-history-a-very-short-introduction-9780190622473

Peter Holland is Linacre Professor of Zoology and Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. After a degree in Zoology and a PhD in Genetics he has spent the last 20 years undertaking research into the evolution of the animal kingdom, focussing primarily on the genetic and developmental differences between animal groups.

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