Your Inner Fish

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Air date:	Friday, March 27, 2009, 10:47:00 AM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 306 * This only includes stats from October 2011 and forward.
Category:	Special
Runtime:	01:09:11
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Description:	What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales related? To understand the inner workings of our bodies and the origins of diseases, scientists turn to unexpected sources like worms, flies, and even fish. Dr. Shubin will tell the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. Dr. Neil Shubin is the author of Your Inner Fish (Pantheon, 2008) and Associate Dean and Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. Lecture series presented by National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the Office of Science Education, and the National Human Genome Research Institute. For more information, visit http://www.nigms.nih.gov/News/Meetings/EvolutionSeries2009

NLM Title:	Your inner fish / Neil Shubin.
Author:	Shubin, Neil. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales related? To understand the inner workings of our bodies and the origins of diseases, scientists turn to unexpected sources like worms, flies, and even fish. Dr. Shubin will tell the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth.
Subjects:	Anatomy, Comparative Biological Evolution Phylogeny
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	QS 124
NLM ID:	101501619
CIT Live ID:	7512
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=7512

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