Cells are, in a sense, just tiny bags of chemicals—so what “instructs” them to divide and function? This program shows how biologists addressed the question during the 19th and 20th centuries. Starting with Friedrich Miescher’s discovery of nuclein, or DNA, the film examines Theodor Boveri’s work with sea urchins, which clarified the role of chromosomes, as well as Thomas Hunt Morgan’s study of inheritance in fruit flies and his introduction of the term gene. The contributions of Frederick Griffith, Maurice Wilkins, and the under-recognized Rosalind Franklin are held up as milestones on the path to the Watson-Crick double-helix model. Walter Gehring’s mutation studies are also featured.

Films Media Group

Biochemistry -- History, DNA -- History, Cytology -- History, Genetics -- History, Microorganisms, Microbial diversity, Heredity, Human, Genetics, Chemistry, Organic, Cell metabolism, Biodiversity

Rutherford, Adam (Host), Herbert, Marcus (Producer), Smith, Jacqueline (Producer), Rooper, Alison (Director), Jenkins, Paul, Claire, Freddie (Musician), Rooper, Alison (Director), Rooper, Alison (Producer), BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group

00:51:59 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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