Retrotransposon documentaries?

April 16, 2019 1:37 PM

Retrotransposons tell us a lot of interesting things about evolution. Are there any great documentaries about them? Ideally it would talk about pufferfish genomes (hardly any retrotransposon content), the phylogeny of mammals and plants (lots of retrotransposon content in genomes that can help us trace family trees), the phylogeny of retrotransposons themselves (how are the different retrotransposons related to each other?) and the junk DNA vs. biologically active vs. evolutionarily active debate about retrotransposon content in genomes. Ideally, it would be aimed at a lay audience - Attenborough sort of stuff.
posted by clawsoon to Science & Nature (2 answers total)

Response by poster: (A really good pop science book on the topic would also be of interest. Thanks.)
posted by clawsoon at 1:40 PM on April 16, 2019

Response by poster: (Another thing that'd be good to have in the documentary: The role of transposons in enabling adaptive immunity and placentas.)
posted by clawsoon at 3:29 PM on April 16, 2019