Tracking Plant Genetics Through Art

Just like animals, plants evolve and change over time. And you might think we'd be looking for things like fossils to figure out how they've changed, but some scientists are using a far less traditional resource: art. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bryan Cloer, Chris Peters, Matt Curls, Kevin Bealer, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jacob, Christopher R Boucher, Nazara, charles george, Christoph Schwanke, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, James Knight, GrowingViolet, Sam Lutfi, Alisa Sherbow, Jason A Saslow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Melida Williams, Tom Mosner ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/artificial-selection/#:~:text=Artificial%20selection%20is%20the%20identification,those%20traits%20in%20future%20generations https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(20)30192-8 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/cp-aba070920.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138519302377 https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-are-fruits-and-vegetables-domesticated/#segment-transcript https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-019-0581-y https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110653540-023/html https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-010-0035-y https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00334-007-0125-7 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233622032_Information_Sources_for_Food_Studies_Research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138516301248 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/642785v1.full.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-019-0522-8 Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Nakht_(2).jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/still-life-with-fruits-gm1170383960-323846162 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banana_with_Seeds.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pasteques,_extrait_d%27un_tableau_de_Giovanni_Stanchi.jpeg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/watermelon-gm157374780-6721816 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fresh-potatoes-in-sack-on-wooden-table-gm698717842-129437385 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mochica_Potato.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Microscope_view_-_Charred_Plant_Remains.tif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charred_Plant_Remains.tif https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/background-of-ancient-babylonian-or-persian-cuneiform-symbols-on-rock-tablets-gm1169968235-323608462 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Preparing_and_Cooking_Cakes,_Tomb_of_Rekhmire_MET_31.6.30_EGDP013034.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Serra_da_Capivara_-_Tree_Ritual.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakht_and_Family_Fishing_and_Fowling,_Tomb_of_Nakht_MET_DT12059.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Garden_of_earthly_delights.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hieronymus_Bosch_-_Saint_John_the_Baptist_in_the_Desert_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vertumnus_%C3%A5rstidernas_gud_m%C3%A5lad_av_Giuseppe_Arcimboldo_1591_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_91503.tiff https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Aertsen_006.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pieter_Aertsen_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/freshly-harvested-organic-rainbow-carrots-gm891792332-246914703 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Eckhout_1610-1666_Brazilian_fruits.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/polychrome-wall-painting-tomb-of-userhat-theban-necropolis-luxor-egypt-gm471455009-21210606 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/hieroglyphs-on-the-wall-gm466044324-59448658 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/05/20/642785.full.pdf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kustodiev_Merchants_Wife.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcimboldo_Oto%C3%B1o.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banquet_Still_Life,_Adriaen_van_Utrecht,_1644_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg