CARTA: The Genetics of Humanness: Elaine Mardis - The Orangu-tan Genome

About this episode

Elaine Mardis explores the orangutan genome in this episode of CARTA.

Elaine Mardis, Associate Professor of Genetics at Washington University and Senior Research Scientist at Bio-Rad Laboratories, explores the orangutan genome. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 21980]

People in this episode

Guest: Elaine Mardis

Topics covered

• genetics
• orangutan genome
• human evolution
• anthropogeny
• science

Keywords

• genetics
• orangutan
• genome
• human evolution
• CARTA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington University, Bio-Rad Laboratories, CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny

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