Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World. Episode 33, Genetic Engineering. - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

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W. Bernard Carlson

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.

This lecture tracks the story of genetics from Darwin and Mendel to Watson and Crick. Then turn to genetic engineering - the direct manipulation of an organism's hereditary information by introducing foreign DNA or synthetic genes. This technology - PCR - has important applications for today's agriculture, medicine, forensics, and more.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.


In English

6771420 Kanopy


History, Ancient.
Engineering.


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