The Gene Explained | The Gene That Transformed
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Special | 3m 9s | What terrifying things go on inside of chrysalis, and what dark role do genes play? (3m 9s)
The Gene Explained | Is That a Banana in Your Genes?
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Special | 3m 21s | Humans are indeed genetically related to bananas (as well as slugs), but how exactly? (3m 21s)
The Gene Explained | Invasion of the Gene Snatchers
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Special | 3m 1s | How do viruses work? Sort of like an alien invasion that replaces our cell’s genetic code. (3m 1s)
The Gene Explained | Gene Damage
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Special | 3m 25s | What goes on in our DNA to make us grow grey hair, wrinkles and less than healthy DNA? (3m 25s)
The Gene Explained | A Big Wooly Gene
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Special | 3m | In this episode, we delve into the difficulties of resurrecting extinct animals. (3m)
The Gene Explained | What the Gene Is That?
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Special | 3m 6s | See how scientists are expanding the DNA alphabet & what to look for in the search for E.T (3m 6s)
The Gene Explained | Super Gene
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Special | 2m 58s | See what happens if DNA code gets deleted, put in the wrong place, or switched. (2m 58s)
The Gene Explained | Good Genes Gone Bad
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Special | 2m 58s | What causes cancer and ways to calm down those "good genes that have gone bad." (2m 58s)
The Gene Explained | Gene Whiz! It's a Boy!
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Special | 2m 49s | If you're curious about the origin of boys, look no further than the Y chromosome. (2m 49s)
The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!
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Special | 2m 24s | Take a peek into the body's war room during the heat of battle with cancer. (2m 24s)
The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts
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Special | 2m 14s | How DNA's mysterious instructions buried in a gene become the actual nose on a face. (2m 14s)
Nancy Wexler | Haunted by a Gene
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Special | 5m 20s | Nancy Wexler reveals that she has inherited the disease she has spent her life studying. (5m 20s)
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The Gene Explained (For Those Without Microscopes)
What the heck is a gene, anyway? Unpack some gene mysteries for the non-sciency types.
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