Life on Earth: Instructions in Three Billion Letters or Less

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All life forms are written in a standard genetic code, unique to each species. These codes have been revealed for hundreds of plants, animals, and microorganisms in just the past five years. Learn about the many exciting areas of science that are opening up because of the new genomic information. Series: Science on Saturday [10/2006] [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 11543]

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  • Nice video. I have a comment regarding "unique to each species" in the description for this video, and in particular the word "unique". The code for a species may be (in some sense) unique, but most importantly it is _similar_ to other species. Not wildly different. The closer two species are in the evolutionary tree of life, the more they are similar to each other. Also, there's variation between individuals in a species, so the word "unique" is a bit fuzzy. Still, a very nice video.

  • Great Fun with the kids on stage. Nice lecture.

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