Welcome to the first episode of the newly revamped Heredity podcast! What is the journal Heredity? How conserved is the molecular basis of spider silk? And what effect does the creation of human-made river barriers have on the genetic diversity of low-mobility fish populations? Tune in to hear discussions with the editors behind the journal and the people behind the research in June's edition of Heredity.

Featured articles:

Conservation of a pH-sensitive structure in the C-terminal region of spider silk extends across the entire silk gene family

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-018-0050-9

Artificial barriers prevent genetic recovery of small isolated populations of a low-mobility freshwater fish

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-017-0008-3