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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about sloth's DNA
Links:
link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-026-02632-5
#sloth #dna #science
0:00 Let's discuss sloths and their bizarre genes
1:18 What makes sloths so different?
2:45 Jumping genes and what we thought about them
4:20 First mammal that uses junk DNA
5:25 What is this for? Mitochondria!
6:30 Lego analogy
7:35 Why this matters to us - implications
10:02 Conclusions
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about sloth's DNA
Links:
link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-026-02632-5
#sloth #dna #science
0:00 Let's discuss sloths and their bizarre genes
1:18 What makes sloths so different?
2:45 Jumping genes and what we thought about them
4:20 First mammal that uses junk DNA
5:25 What is this for? Mitochondria!
6:30 Lego analogy
7:35 Why this matters to us - implications
10:02 Conclusions
Enjoy and please subscribe
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The hardware used to record these videos:
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Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel
Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships
Credit:
Mark Garlick markgarlick.com
Sergiodelgado CC BY SA 3.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth#/media/File:SlothDWA.jpg
Christian Mehlführer CC BY 2.5 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth#/media/File:MC_Drei-Finger-Faultier.jpg
Mariuswalter CC BY SA 4.0 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposable_element#/media/File:DNA_Transposon.png
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrotransposon#/media/File:Retrotransposons.png
Licenses used:
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and relevant Creative Commons licenses
