Natural and artificial genetic hybrids: dogs, coyotes and dire wolves. PART 2
Download MP3Colossal Bioscience has brought genetic variation back from the grave. It is a remarkable technological achievement, but is it species de-extinction? In this second part of this podcast we talk to Professor Peter Hudson FRS, a world-leading ecologist, who is concerned by Colossal’s claims and what they might mean.
Creators and Guests
Host
Tim Coulson
Author of The Universal History of Us published by Penguin 2024 Professor of Zoology, University of Oxford EcologyEvolution, Existence, Science
Guest
Professor Peter Hudson FRS
Peter Hudson was the first to demonstrate that the boom and bust cycles of red grouse populations were linked to their infection with a parasitic worm. In his classic study he gathered evidence through an inventive series of field experiments, treating individually identified birds with antiparasitic drugs and measuring their breeding success. He has gone on to explore how infection affects population ecology in a broad range of hosts, and under different conditions of climate, predation and food supply. Peter’s interests extend from the spread of infection through wild populations to the transmission of diseases to humans. He received the 2005 Carlton Herman Award from the US Wildlife Disease Association. He was elected Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2010 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012. He was given an Honorary Degree by Queen Mary University of London in 2014.
