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[MOLECULAR BIOLOGY] [VIDEORECORDING] : DR. SYDNEY BRENNER ; [PHYSICS] : ROGER
PENROSE [TALKS ABOUT SPACE, TIME AND USE OF COMPLEX NUMBERS] / PRODUCED BY
DEBORAH CADBURY.
Off-air recording Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 January 1986(?).
ERC VID.
574.88 MOLE : VHS (Not for I.L.L).
GENE HUNTERS [VIDEORECORDING].
1995, c1994.
Off-air recording of SBS-TV series the Cutting edge broadcast 11.4.95.
Originally produced in association with the Television Trust for the Environment
for Channel Four, c1994.
Director, Ian Taylor ; producer, Luke Holland ; music, Rosalie Coopman ; camera,
Brian Sewell, Tom Ingle.
Sandra Clark.
This documentary film looks at an ambitious scientific enterprise to provide a
biological bank of blood cells for genetic research. Teams of scientists are
shown collecting DNA from genetically unique tribes in isolated areas of South
America "before they disappear forever." The film also poses fundamental
questions about human origin and migration, native rights and medical ethics.
ERC VID.
575.1 -5-
NATURE NURTURE [VIDEORECORDING] / PRODUCER, LOUISE HEYWOOD. WOLLEMI REVIVAL /
PRODUCER, PAUL FAINT.
Off-air recording of the ABC programme broadcast 19/05/05. Copied under Part 5A
of the Copyright Act 1968.
Colour recording system: PAL ; Region all.
Copyright notice: Commonwealth of Australia. Copyright Regulations 1969.
Warning.
Reporter & researcher (pt. 1) Jonica Newby ; reporter (pt. 2) Mark Horstman ;
researchers (pt. 2) Anita Lane, Leonie Hansell ; editor (pt. 1) Chris Spurr,
(pt. 2) Nicole La Macchia ; compile director, David Rectar.
Presenter, Karina Kelly.
Part one unveils an individual's genetic destiny, based on current research into
genes for a person's behaviour or mental make-up. A swipe of DNA can reveal if
an individual is programmed for depression or aggression. This new knowledge
will change our understanding of ourselves, fundamentally. But, it challenges
our readiness for the genes of human behaviour; and, encourages debate over
whether human behaviour is determined by genes or environment. There is also the
legal issue of genetic discrimination. Features Dr. Ritchie Poulton and his
research into this field of behaviour genes, which has been replicated,
successfully. His research results prove conclusively that genes and environment
work together. Includes also interviews with other experts in the field of
genetics.
Part two features a trip to the secret location of a living fossil, the Wollemi
pine, the existence of which raises the question of the best approach to adopt
to help the endangered trees to survive. These rare and vulnerable trees should
have been extinct, eons ago, but there is one small secret last stand. As they
struggle to survive in the wild, there is an unusual plan to save the species by
planting them in backyards around the world. Includes interviews with experts
who share their knowledge about these trees. Includes, also a tour of a secret
Queensland state government forestry nursery, which houses some 50,000 Wollemi
plants, grown with cuttings from the wild, seven years ago. The hope is that if
the Wollemi pine died out in the wild, it would live on in the garden as an
ornamental plant.
First released: [Sydney?] : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, c2005. Original
released in series: Catalyst.
DVD.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.