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This video follows scientists working in Gorongosa National Park as they try to determine the genes responsible for tusk development in elephants.

This video follows an international team of researchers as they collect data to map migratory bird populations in the US and Mexico.

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 video describes the case of a patient with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a progressive disease that leads to blindness, and how physician-scientist Dr. Ed Stone approached the search for the causal mutation.

This video describes how scientists silence different genes in regenerating planaria to study the process of regeneration at the molecular level.

This video focuses on the front lines of the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa and explains how scientists monitored the evolution of the virus by analyzing its genome.

This video explores how advances in DNA sequencing technology have improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

This video shows real footage of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) being performed on eggs.

This animation shows how stem cells from early mammalian embryos can be grown and studied in a laboratory.

This animation gives an overview of how a fertilized human egg develops into an embryo.

This animation shows how zebrafish can rapidly heal wounds to the heart.