#genes2shape: Tubby - from obesity to drought tolerance
b'Recorded at the 2013 Genetics Society Autumn Meeting \'From Genes to Shape\', Simon Bishop meets Marco Reitz, who works on the conserved gene \'Tubby\'. So-called because mutant Tubby creates obese mice, the gene has a very different role in plants - salt and drought tolerance. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists'