Search Results - "mitochondrial DNA"

DNA profiling by EBS Trust (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Films on Demand - Click here for access

Allan Wilson evolutionary by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales (Firm)

Contents: “…Evolution of Diversity of Life on Earth (3:20) -- Early Years of Allan Wilson (3:35) -- Allan Wilson's Education in New Zealand and America (3:54) -- Theory of Evolution: Molecular Clock (2:50) -- Study of Paleoanthropology (4:32) -- Similarities Between Humans and Chimpanzees (2:38) -- Scientific Value of Mitochondrial DNA: Search for Eve (5:21) -- Revolutionary Ideas About Human Evolution (1:35) -- DNA Sequence Multiplication (3:35) -- Study of Ancient DNA (4:33) -- Legacy of Allan Wilson: Gene Studies (3:18)…”
Films on Demand - Click here for access

The Children of Eve by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Contents: “…Brachiation and Genetics (2:55) -- Challenging Conventional Wisdom (3:15) -- Reaction to Sarich and Wilson (2:02) -- Support for the Molecular Evolutionary Clock (1:50) -- Doubts About the Molecular Evolutionary Clock (2:03) -- Bipedalism in the Fossil Record (2:11) -- Studying Bipedalism at SUNY (2:06) -- Skeletal Differences and Bipedalism (2:14) -- Dating Divergence at 6 to 7 Million Years (0:57) -- Homo Erectus (2:06) -- Neanderthal Man (2:33) -- Neanderthals Cared for Their Injured (1:59) -- Clues From Bones (2:14) -- Cro-Magnon Man (1:34) -- Why Modern People Are So Alike (2:15) -- Differences in Pigmentation (3:05) -- Mutations Tell the Story (2:59) -- Tracing Ancestry Through DNA (2:40) -- We All Came From Africa (1:01) -- Clues in Mitochondrial DNA (2:50) -- Call Her Eve (1:59) -- A Controversial Theory (0:32) -- Credits: The Children of Eve (0:32)…”
Films on Demand - Click here for access

Secrets of the sequence genetics/Heredity by APT Worldwide, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

Films on Demand - Click here for access

African-American Lives Beyond the Middle Passage by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Contents: “…Credits & Sponsors: African-American Lives: Beyond the Middle Passage (1:43) -- Exploring the Middle Passage (2:10) -- Tracing Celebrity Roots (1:41) -- DNA and Science (0:32) -- Evidence Supports Common Ancestry (2:14) -- DNA Samples (0:45) -- Poison Blood (1:08) -- Henry Gates's DNA Results (1:52) -- Oprah Winfrey's DNA Results (1:24) -- Celebrity DNA Results (1:51) -- Skin Color in African Americans (1:48) -- Guests Trace Roots (1:33) -- Native American Ancestry. (1:46) -- African DNA Results (0:42) -- African Heritage (2:39) -- Exploring African Heritage (1:51) -- Mitochondrial and Y DNA (2:25) -- Mitochondrial DNA (2:59) -- African Matches in Context (2:05) -- DNA Results for Oprah Winfrey (2:26) -- Exact DNA Match Found (1:33) -- The Bantu Migration (2:08) -- Traveling to Angola (1:26) -- Slave Traders House (2:41) -- Records of the Original Slave Trade (2:54) -- Chris Tucker in Angola (3:49) -- Sierra Leone Ancestry (3:05) -- Additional Resources, Credits & Sponsors: African-American Lives: Beyond the Middle Passage (2:06)…”
Films on Demand - Click here for access