DNA: molecule of heredity

United States, 1960

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Episode of Series “Biology Program. Unit 5. Heredity and Adaptive Change”.
Dr. George Beadle, discoverer of DNA and Nobel prize winner, explains why DNA, a giant molecule of the cell chromosomes, is the basis of growth and reproduction and the mechanism for transporting hereditary specifications from one generation to the next.

Credits

producer

Larry Yust

production company

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Duration

00:16:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1960

Appears in

Biology Program. Unit 5. Heredity and Adaptive Change

Group of items

Biology Program. Unit 5. Heredity and Adaptive Change

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ACMI Identifier

303139

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Science - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → DNA

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Genetics

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heredity

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → DNA

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Genetics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heredity

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Molecular structure

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Science - Study and teaching

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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