How oskar the gene invented sex

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 4:30 a.m.

b'A leading scientist who studies how genes make bodies, Cassandra Extavour almost became a musician and still sings professionally. She works with an extraordinary insect gene called oskar. Hundreds of millions of years ago oskar borrowed a fragment of a bacterial DNA that made sexual reproduction possible in the vast majority of animals\\u2013 including you, me, and scientists who sing.\\n\\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/clearandvivid'