In this episode, Joe, Maia, and Natalie talk about genetics. They start with the basics, and then delve into how we get our DNA and how it can change over many many years. You're bound to learn something new with this episode of the interactome!

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Credits: Audio/Video Editing: Sam Pickell Artwork: Maia Reyes Transcript: Margaret Downs Intro/Outro Music: Geovane Bruno - Dancing In The Future

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:27 What is DNA? 11:59 What is a genome? 12:59 What is a gene? 15:53 Introns and Exons 19:18 Promoters and Terminator Sequences 21:54 How you get your DNA 23:51 Genomes Across Species: Plants 29:05 Story time: Where did you first hear about DNA? 30:45 Genomes Across Species 2: Bacteria 34:00 Can genes change? 37:50 How gene mutations play into evolution 46:34 Outro