Great debates : the beginnings of life.

Date:
2004
  • Audio

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Based at the Wellcome Trust, the Haller versus Wolff debate is re-enacted by scientists at the forefront of genetic research. 18th century embryologist Albrecht von Haller engaged the physician Caspar Friedrich Wolff in a heated precursor to today's debate about genetic determination. Haller argued for preformation while Wolff argued for epigenesis. In the age of the genome, champions for these opposing views will ask: is embryonic development governed by information coded by the DNA, or does the egg contain a feature that indicates the correct orientation for development? The debate is illustrated by readings from original texts by the two protagonists.

Publication/Creation

London : BBC Radio 4, 2004.

Physical description

1 sound cassette (45 min.)

Notes

Broadcast on 22 December, 2004

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BBC Radio

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