Watch this online session where we spoke to staff from the Wellcome Sanger Institute about how DNA mutates. We discussed what causes DNA to mutate, what environmental factors effect this and explored the different mutation rates between species and cells.
Genomics Lite is a public programme of digital events and live webinars, to inspire and engage public audiences with genomics run by Wellcome Connecting Science.
For more information visit the following pages:
Your Genome:
What is a mutation? - https://www.yourgenome.org/theme/what...
Different types of mutations - https://www.yourgenome.org/theme/diff...
Is cancer a genetic disease? - https://www.yourgenome.org/theme/is-c...
Deciphering Developmental Disorders:
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/55...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-386...
Somatic Mutations:
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/technology/n...
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/mu...
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/dn...