The Gene Explained (For Those Without Microscopes)

Everybody is talking about genes. Your body is filled with them. You look the way you do because of them. But do you really know what a gene is? This animated series won’t get you a Ph.D., but it does clear up a few mysteries about how genes work, how they make us, if we can change them and what they might look like in the future. (Microscope not required.)

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | The Gene That Transformed

What terrifying things go on inside of chrysalis, and what dark role do genes play?

The Gene Explained | The Gene That Transformed

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Is That a Banana in Your Genes?

Humans are indeed genetically related to bananas (as well as slugs), but how exactly?

The Gene Explained | Is That a Banana in Your Genes?

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Invasion of the Gene Snatchers

How do viruses work? Sort of like an alien invasion that replaces our cell’s genetic code.

The Gene Explained | Invasion of the Gene Snatchers

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Gene Damage

What goes on in our DNA to make us grow grey hair, wrinkles and less than healthy DNA?

The Gene Explained | Gene Damage

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | A Big Wooly Gene

In this episode, we delve into the difficulties of resurrecting extinct animals.

The Gene Explained | A Big Wooly Gene

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | What the Gene Is That?

See how scientists are expanding the DNA alphabet & what to look for in the search for E.T

The Gene Explained | What the Gene Is That?

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Super Gene

See what happens if DNA code gets deleted, put in the wrong place, or switched.

The Gene Explained | Super Gene

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Good Genes Gone Bad

What causes cancer and ways to calm down those "good genes that have gone bad."

The Gene Explained | Good Genes Gone Bad

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Gene Whiz! It's a Boy!

If you're curious about the origin of boys, look no further than the Y chromosome.

The Gene Explained | Gene Whiz! It's a Boy!

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!

Take a peek into the body's war room during the heat of battle with cancer.

The Gene Explained | Gene Strike!

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The Gene

The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts

How DNA's mysterious instructions buried in a gene become the actual nose on a face.

The Gene Explained | Gene Filled Donuts