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This video follows germplasm bank coordinator Cristian Zavala Espinosa and geneticist Sarah Hearne, who are part of the global effort to preserve the genetic diversity of maize (corn).

This video follows biologist Elinor Karlsson, who studies dogs to find genes associated with traits, including certain diseases.

This film explores the genetic and archaeological evidence that suggest that corn is the result of the domestication of a wild Mexican grass called teosinte.

This video provides an overview of the types of genes that, when mutated, can lead to the development of cancer.

This animation shows how disrupting cellular processes in the intestines can lead to colon cancer.

This video explores how people developed the different breeds of dogs that exist today through selective breeding.

This animation shows how a tumor forms, recruits blood vessels, and enters metastasis.

This animation shows how meiosis, the form of cell division unique to egg and sperm production, can give rise to sperm that carry either an X or a Y chromosome.

This animation shows how recombination occurs between the X and Y chromosomes, then within the Y chromosome itself.