Browsing by Author "Radford, Dennis"

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    An old dog and new tricks: Genetic analysis of a Tudor dog recovered from the Mary Rose wreck
    (Forensic Science International, 2014-10-14) Zouganelis, G. D.; Ogden, R.; Nahar, N.; Runfola, V.; Bonab, Maziar Ashrafian; Ardalan, A.; Radford, Dennis; Barnett, R.; Larson, G.; Hildred, A.; Jones, M.; Scarlett, G.
    The Tudor warship the Mary Rose sank in the Solent waters between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight on the 19th of July 1545, whilst engaging a French invasion fleet. The ship was rediscovered in 1971 and between 1979 and 1982 the entire contents of the ship were excavated resulting in the recovery of over 25,000 objects, including the skeleton of a small to medium sized dog referred to as the Mary Rose Dog (MRD). Here we report the extraction and analysis of both mitochondrial and genomic DNA from a tooth of this animal. Our results show that the MRD was a young male of a terrier type most closely related to modern Jack Russell Terriers with a light to dark brown coat colour. Interestingly, given the antiquity of the sample, the dog was heterozygotic for the SLC2A9 gene variant that leads to hyperuricosuria when found in modern homozygotic animals. These findings help shed light on a notable historical artefact from an important period in the development of modern dog breeds.
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    Unlocking Lutyens: A Gateway to the Hidden Legacy of John Pell and Sir Christopher Wren
    (Cambridge University Press, 2008) Radford, Dennis; Cawthorne, Douglas
    The design of the ‘Arch of Remembrance’ in Leicester by Sir Edwin Lutyens, offers the opportunity of a unique insight into the design methods of the architect in the latter half of his career. These were characterised by a highly developed use of proportion in what has been described as his ‘elemental mode’ and the use of a particular number sequence to grow the design towards closed dimensional goals. This paper examines the sources of and motives for this design method and the details of its application.