What Do Pea Plants Have To Do With Your Eye Color? (Mendelian Genetics) S01E10
All of the different plants on Earth have come about thanks to the simple rules of genetic inheritance, which determine how traits are passed on from one generation to the next. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore the remarkable story of Gregor Mendel, a botanist and mathematician who laid the groundwork for modern genetics with little more than some peas and a paintbrush.
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What is Botany?
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What Are Plants Made Of?
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Plant Cells & Hormones
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What Do These Creepy Plant Mouths Do? (Plant Tissues)
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
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How Did Plants Evolve?
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How Do We Categorize Plants?
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Why Don't These Plants Need Seeds? (Moss and Ferns)
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Why Do Flowers Exist? (Gymnosperms & Angiosperms)
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What Do Pea Plants Have To Do With Your Eye Color? (Mendelian Genetics)
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GMOs are Nothing New: Plant Breeding & Gene Editing
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The Secret Social Lives of Plants (Population & Community Ecology)
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How We ALL Get Our Energy (Plants & Ecosystems)
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Can Planting Trees Fix Climate Change? (Plants & Biomes)
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The Future of Botany
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