Episode 22: Lightning McDNA (Genetics)
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In this episode, Joe, Maia, and Natalie talk about genetics. They start with the basics, and then delve into how we get our DNA and how it can change over many many years. You're bound to learn something new with this episode of the interactome!
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Credits:
Audio/Video Editing: Sam Pickell
Artwork: Maia Reyes
Transcript: Margaret Downs
Intro/Outro Music: Geovane Bruno - Dancing In The Future
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:27 What is DNA?
11:59 What is a genome?
12:59 What is a gene?
15:53 Introns and Exons
19:18 Promoters and Terminator Sequences
21:54 How you get your DNA
23:51 Genomes Across Species: Plants
29:05 Story time: Where did you first hear about DNA?
30:45 Genomes Across Species 2: Bacteria
34:00 Can genes change?
37:50 How gene mutations play into evolution
46:34 Outro
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