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Eric Wieschaus : Passionate Scientist (Condensed Version)
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In this program, geneticist Eric Wieschaus tells the story of how chance events led him into the world of science and looks at his work for which at the age of 48, he received a Nobel Prize. He exp...
In this program, geneticist Eric Wieschaus tells the story of how chance events led him into the world of science and looks at his work for which at the age of 48, he received a Nobel Prize. He explains his work on the development of the fruit fly and how it relates to the human genome.
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- Creator
- Rees Films
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Rees Films, [2013]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2018
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (27 min., 30 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by Rees Films, 2013.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 24, 2018.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Eric Wieschaus: Early Life (3:28); Why Genetics? (2:20); What Happened Next... (3:21); The Plan: To Figure Out Which Genes Control Development in Fruit Fly Embryos (4:24); The Project Begins at the Molecular Biology Lab (2:53); The Model Organism Concept (5:34); Being a Research Scientist - What's It Really Like? (2:25); The Problem of the Embryo (2:32); Credits: Eric Wieschaus: Passionate Scientist (Condensed Version) (0:27)