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Museum Diaries
Season 1 Episode 3 - DNA Dissected
Museum Diaries follows a group of Curators as they use DNA research to discover groundbreaking facts about the evolution of species. Research technician Oliver Haddrath leads viewers on a journey through the ROM’s Ornithology Department, explaining the power of DNA, the interconnectivity of species and the technological advancements in the field. He reveals his current research using DNA to study large flightless birds that in some cases have been extinct for more than 500 hundred years. The ROM’s findings will allow the New Zealand government to save their endangered Kiwi birds. Museum Diaries also follows Oliver as he conducts tests for the ROM’s archaeology department to establish if skulls found in Peruvian tombs from 600 AD are from the same family. Finally Museum Diaries introduces the Curator of Ichthyology (study of fishes), Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, and his team who use DNA research to confirm new species of the Cychlid fish and even unveil many secrets about the true nature of the market fish we eat.
Starring:April Hawkins
Directed by:Jaime Escallon-Buraglia
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