Mendel’s legacy

When:
June 2, 2015 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Where:
The Royal Society
6 Carlton House Terrace
St. James's, London SW1Y
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Benjamin Palmer
02074512241

Celebrate 150 years since Mendel’s lectures.

You may remember learning about Mendel’s pea experiments in science classes growing up, using smooth and wrinkly peas to explain dominant and recessive traits.

We now know that it’s not quite so simple. Our knowledge and understanding of inheritance patterns has deepened extensively since Mendel’s time, but the models in schools rarely reflect this.

In this dynamic panel discussion, we explore the Mendelian picture of genetics that is taught to students and debate if it should be jettisoned for a more up-to-date picture of gene-environment interactions.

Free to attend, no registration required
Seats allocated on a first-come-first-served basis
Doors open at 6pm