Double-stranded RNA can selectively silence targeted genes. RNA interference therefore provides a mechanism for changing gene expression and the relationship between genetic information and observable traits.
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1:50:351998, discovery of RNA interference. Yes, we talk about genetic mechanisms all the time. This is one of the latest ones that's been developed. Um, this was Andrew Fire and Craig Melo. They discovered RNA interference at Carnegie Institution and UMass Medical School and they showed that doublestranded RNA can selectively silence targeted genes. Um, in the last episode that we had about non-Mandelian inheritance, we talked about some of the ways that RNA interference can change the genetic um, phen genotype and phenotype relationship. This discovery earned them the 2006 Nobel Prize.