How Does Gel Electrophoresis Work? – Christmas Lectures with Walter Bodmer

Gel electrophoresis is used to study DNA and other complex molecules with the help of electricity.
Watch the full third lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1984/the-message-of-the-genes/genetic-engineering?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

Walter Bodmer gave the 1984 Christmas Lectures “The Message of the Genes” about how much of the variety of mankind can be explained by genetics.

In the third lecture of the series, where this clip is from, Walter Bodmer looks at how we can isolate and study individual genes.

Watch the full series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1984/the-message-of-the-genes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description

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