This collection of 7 dazzling video clips focuses on various aspects of genetics ranging from history’s DNA eureka moment, paternity testing, structural degradation of DNA, and tumor research using transgenic mice; to a human death gene and the role of stem cells in a freshwater polyp known as the hydra; to a case of gender/chromosome mismatch in which a girl is unable to naturally mature into a woman. Video clips include… • Genes: The Discovery of DNA • Genes: Paternity Test • Genes: The Recipe of DNA • Genes: Genetically Modified Mice • Cellular Death: The Genetics of Mortality • Cellular Death: Immortal Hydra • Gender: That Little Genetic Difference (24 minutes)
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