Oxford SciBar: In you DNA: the evolutionary journey of your genome

When:
January 21, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
2015-01-21T19:00:00+00:00
2015-01-21T19:30:00+00:00
Where:
St Aldates Tavern
Saint Aldate's
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Oxfordshire Branch British Science Association

Join us for our January SciBar with Prof Chris Ponting: In your DNA: the evolutionary journey of your genome.
Our evolutionary heritage shared with primates, fish and even bugs is written in our DNA. These 3 billion letters of our ‘book of life’ were written by evolution over millions, if not billions, of years and are still revealing many surprises. Join us to hear Prof Chris Ponting (MRC Functional Genomics Unit, University of Oxford) shine a light on the ‘dark matter’ of our genome, and explain why 90% of our genome serves no consequence.
SciBar is a free event and no prior knowledge is required!