What Darwin never knew / a Nova/WGBH production ; produced by Matthew Barrett, John Rubin, and Sarah Holt ; written by John Rubin ; directed by John Rubin, Rushmore Denooyer, Serena Davies, and Sarah Holt.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Arlington, Va.?] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, ©2010.
Description1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorCarroll, Sean B. Endless forms most beautiful.
Other author/creatorCarroll, Sean B. Making of the fittest.
Other author/creatorWGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Other author/creatorPBS Distribution (Firm)
Contents Unanswered questions -- The Galapagos -- Descent with modification -- Natural selection -- The magic of DNA -- 23,000 genes -- Fruit flies -- Gene switches -- A transitional form -- From fins to limbs -- The hand -- Our brains -- What makes us human?
Abstract The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed "evo devo" that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
General noteCopyright date on credit frame: 2009; copyright date on container: 2010.
General noteDocumentary.
General noteBased on the books: Endless forms most beautiful ; and, The making of the fittest / by Sean B. Carroll.
General noteOriginally produced for the television program on Nova in 2009.
CreditsDirectors, John Rubin, Rushmore Denooyer, Serena Davies, and Sarah Holt ; producers, Matthew Barrett, John Rubin, and Sarah Holt ; writer, John Rubin.
Performer Lance Lewman, narrator.
Audience Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned; described for the visually impaired.
Genre/formScience television programs.
Genre/formDocumentary television programs.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/formVideo recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Genre/formTelevision adaptations.
Genre/formTelevision programs.
Other title Nova (Television program)
ISBN9781608830985
ISBN1608830985
UPC 841887011013
Publisher numberNOVA6188 PBS Distribution

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Joyner Compact DVDs QH375 .W43 2010 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold