Let’s dissect a flower with @arieloquent! 🌺🌻
Yesterday in Evolution (April 7, 2016) we were talking about MADS-box genes and flower development. Immediately after class, this popped up on my Periscope feed from @SciFri!
In this video, @arieloquent takes you through the various structures of a flower (petals, stamens, pistils). My students should be able to watch this and identify what genes caused these structures to develop in place of leaves. As an extra challenge, @arieloquent takes on more complex flowers–my students should also be able to tell you that this complexity probably arose due to duplication of those same MADS-box genes.
You can watch the 21-minute video at the link below (Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or app required to view):