Senior Lecturer Dr Sarah Flanagan is trying to understand super genes and if they are necessary to the future of a species.
Supergenes are genes that are linked together like a massive stack of lego and they might very well be the reason why certain traits like color of a butterfly’s wings or the shape of a flower, are passed down from parents to their kids.
But are they make or break for species? Do we need them to survive?
Dr Flanagan talks to Jesse about her research.
