The Secret of the Monkeyflower

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

How do species evolve? Find out in the shocking conclusion of our Monkeyflower mystery series! Plant biologist David Lowry has been tracking down clues to solve the question of why plants look different - and the yellow monkeyflower is more than a suspect. Now, it’s time to take his detective skills up a notch, and use the science of DNA. A twisted discovery will flip the case - and lead to a new chapter in understanding how life evolves. Hear more from our interview with David, on the special bonus interview episode that’s available to Patreon members who pledge at the $1 level or higher at patreon.com/tumblepodcast. Check out David’s monkeyflower mystery comic book on our blog at sciencepodcastforkids.com! This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant 2153100: IMAGiNE: The genetic, developmental, and physiological mechanisms of plant local adaptation to oceanic salt spray.

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0:00.0	Hey tumble fans, before we get to this episode, we have a really exciting announcement to make.
0:06.0	Our Dino map produced in partnership with New England public media is out.
0:10.8	We're exploring the amazing history of dinosaur discoveries in the Pioneer Valley in
0:15.0	Western Massachusetts and we're just so excited to share everything that we've learned
0:19.0	about the dinosaurs in this part of the world. Just go to NEPM.org
0:23.5	slash Dinomap and you can learn all about how
0:25.8	dinosaur tracks were first studied right here in Massachusetts
0:29.7	and all the incredible things we can learn about dinosaurs just from looking at their tracks.
0:34.8	Once again, that's NEPM.org slash dino map where there's a whole map and stuff and I just can't
0:40.1	wait for you to see it.
0:41.9	Dinosaur Adventures in the Pioneer Valley are supported by the
0:44.4	Bement School, the Center School, and HCS Head Start. Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:55.0	And I'm Marshall.
0:57.0	Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
1:01.0	Today we're going inside a flower in search of the secrets of how species
1:06.0	evolve. Now are we doing that thing where we shrink down into bee size and then go
1:10.0	flower to flower asking questions? How did you evolve? How'd you evolve?
1:14.0	We're taking a different approach and it's even smaller. We're going to walk on DNA. Before we get started with this episode, we need to say we're on the second part of a two-part series about the
1:34.8	yellow monkey flower. If you haven't listened to part one which ended on an incredible
1:39.0	cliffhanger go back and do listen now it will help this episode make a lot more sense. But we'll do a quick
1:45.1	recap now. Oh wait. Last time on Tumble Science Podcast for Kids. We met David Lowry, a biologist who is studying monkey flowers, which
1:57.0	is a flower that really doesn't look like a monkey.
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