Genetics & Genomics Videos (14 results)

Learn more about the Yale School of Medicine's response to COVID-19, visit: https://covid.yale.edu. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists knew it was a matter of time before new variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-Cov-2, began to emerge in our communities. For a virus that mutates relatively slowly – picking up an average of two to three new mutations a month – how quickly these distinct variants took root would depend on how well we stopped the spread of the virus.…

Find out how GMOs are made by following the Hawaii Papaya GMO case study. The Hawaiian Papaya is a good example of a GMO crop that was genetically modified because of a disease that had a negative effect on the quality of a commercial food cultivation. The Papaya Ringspot Virus was ruining Hawaii’s papaya industry. So scientists decided to use genetic modification to resolve this problem. GMOs are created to withstand certain environmental problems, like insects or diseases. In order to do…

This video demonstrates the laboratory activity in the lesson plan, "The Science of a GMO." Students use an inquiry-based approach to observe 2 soybean seeds phenotypically through observation followed by genotypically through a simple protein detection test to determine the similarities and differences of a conventional (non-GM) soybean and a GM soybean. Link to lesson plan: https://www.agclassroom.org/matrix/lesson/598 Link to Soybean Seed Test lab kit:…

You've probably heard that GMOs are bad for you—turns out, that might not be true at all! Join Hank Green and learn what science has to say about the truth with GMOs in this new episode of SciShow! ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Chris Peters, John Szymakowski, Peso255, Fatima Iqbal, Justin Lentz, and David Campos. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on…