Description given on Youtube:
We all know that wheat is used to bake bread, and durum wheat is used to make pasta. But who knows that wheat originated long, long ago from wild grass species in the Middle East? In this “pimp your brain” episode, Kathleen Dahncke from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Golm, Germany, explains why there are six sets of chromosomes in wheat and what they tell us about the evolution and domestication of this important crop plant.
If you want to learn more about the origin, breeding and production of crops or current topics in plant research, you can register from May to October at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology for our “Komm ins Beet – Come in the (flower)bed”-tours: http://www.komm-ins-beet.mpg.de/
In the video serial “Pimp your brain” scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology describe important methods and results of their research. More videos from the ‘Pimp your brain’ serial are available on www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-l9VItC9Gn2Ur2Xj6PTOAkjLUlVPbIOO