Скачать или смотреть Genetic control and the mammalian radiation

To grow tissues in our body two key types of DNA control how, where and when to build essential proteins. Recent comparisons of mammal genomes show that instructions coding how to build proteins are similar across diverse species. In contrast the genetic mechanisms directing when cells should create these proteins vary widely, and may even be species specific. Join Dr Odom to learn how mammal cells cope with these surprising variations to grow standard tissues such as liver and muscle, and discover new intriguing evidence that it is the genetic instruction sequences themselves that are at the heart of evolution.

The Francis Crick Lecture is given annually in any field in the biological sciences. Dr Duncan Odom was awarded the 2014 Francis Crick Lecture for his pioneering work in the field of comparative functional genomics, which has changed our understanding of the evolution of mammalian transcriptional regulation.

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