Broccoli's big secret

[@domainofscience]

This was brilliant! Thank you :)

[@Clockworkbio]

Sometimes you need facts presented to you in the right order. Like, I KNEW that plants and animals last shared a common ancestor 1.6 billion years ago--but I had NO IDEA that meant plants and animals evolved multicellularity independent of one another! How insane is that? Gosh dang I love studying biology.

[@ScienceIRL]

SO insane!! It makes my brain hurt in the best way whenever I think about it.

[@zperk13]

Yeah I didn't realize that multicellularity was an example of convergent evolution. I thought that plants and animals latest common ancestor was multicellular, though it's not excactly something I think about a lot

[@alveolate]

this point makes so much sense to non-biologists that it's insane how it isn't said more! this is also why fungi are a different uh, class? of organisms, right? are there more?

[@ascetic3312]

The broccoli we call "broccoli" is my favorite vegetable. Good stuff. I'm with you on that cauliflower distaste, though.

[@Adi.Akulaz]

I didn't know I needed this today, but you are adorable and keep being amazing!

[@mariaparlante]

Great video! How to love cauliflower: Cut up, mix with olive oil and a bit of salt, spread pieces on cookie sheet and roast in 400 degree oven 20-25 minutes. Please try this, it reveals cauliflower's secret deliciousness.

[@adrienneedwards9957]

Molly Edwards, your Science in Real Life is AMAZING!!! As I fellow botanist, I love them, and love to add your little snippets into my lectures or as resources for students to watch. Keep it up. You are an awesome voice for plants.

[@meganbuchanan8164]

I didn’t like cauliflower until I seasoned it with lava salt and saint elmo seasoning. Now I can’t get enough!

[@karunaskipper4964]

so they're genetically the same, but they express those genes differently, leading to the alternate phenotypes?? how does that work? great video!

[@ScienceIRL]

ooh great question! The varieties do have differences in their genetic sequences, just not enough to prevent them from interbreeding. But some of these genetic differences could very well manifest as changes in expression, which could lead to the different phenotypes we see!

[@AliceBowie]

Like how wolves and dogs are the same species, and all dogs are the same species. A tibetan mastiff and chihuahua can mate and have offspring, and they both can have offspring with wolves, but none of them can mate with foxes.

[@openingchocolate]

great explanation of the botany!!

[@zacharystansell1043]

This was really wonderful~~ thank you so much for making it!

[@McPhysX]

hey, I had watched this video 4 months ago, and now came back because i remembered how cool it was, and it was even cooler! your delivery is brilliant and the video support must have taken a lot of work and it shows!

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

Hi We have been veggie growing for years now, and this educational and fum upload was facinating to me and my kids... THANKS SO MUCH!! You GOT OUR SUB X

[@ScienceIRL]

I'm so glad to hear it! I love your channel, I wish allotments and community gardening were as common here as in the UK - I've been *dreaming* of the veg I will be able to grow one day when I have my own garden!

[@tooeducatedtobehappy]

Very interesting. Learnt something new. Never thought how fundamentally different plants and animals are. And I'm just the half way through...

[@DanielHartz]

I love this, and love that you brought up wild mustard as their common heritage. Also you are adorable, and I love that you made this video.

[@Najmarbles]

Thank you so much I took botany course in university and I was amazed and here I'm searching on KZbin about plants world it is more complex than I thought, your explanation is so clear and your choice of topics makes botany more beautiful s thank you forever

[@adammasimpson2640]

I’m loving this video ahah! Especially because my work involves measuring contaminants in vegetables, I just did some experiments on broccoli 🤓. Thanks for giving me some ideas for my own videos!!

[@ScienceIRL]

no way that is so awesome!!

[@cameroncd]

This was so informative, not just about Brassica oleracea but plant development and body plan in general!

[@Maplepancake.]

Plants are a lot cooler than I thought

[@JohnSmith-fj3uf]

you forgot Collard greens perhaps not your favorite like cauliflower...Thanks for nice videos.

[@someonenamedgem]

I know you literally say that plants and animals are organized very differently, but I can't help but imagine the phytomer as an analog of Hox-regulated bands or segments in arthropods. It's really cool to see a process that takes generations of selection among animals (adjusting the size of components in segments) is a lot easier to do in plants, since they're constantly undergoing development.

[@ashokjoshi1834]

Nice presentation.

[@PossumMedic]

Interesting! Thanks!

[@totot99]

Best video on the topic! Also cauliflower >>>>>>>>>>>>>> broccoli 😜

[@keatscubes]

Can't believe how good your videos are. They are phenomenal. Thank you ☺️

[@hollybird33]

Fantastic!!! Your visuals are so helpful! Please add some videos on woody plant anatomy 😊

[@jenniferlerner8718]

That is my favorite episode (so far)!! Going to use it for my plant bio class for MGVs

[@ScienceIRL]

This makes me so happy! Say hi to the MGVs for me :)

[@jenn4593]

Her vegetables on the table are in desperate need of moisture.

[@BillytheKid213]

Crazy. You could of bought 1 cauliflower and through it away with your eyes closed ahahaha

[@briangutierrez5908]

Very interesting!

[@MrTimaines]

Thanks for the educational introduction into these veggies...You kinda sounds like Lisa Simpson.

[@chrisseydittus8574]

Love your explanation. You made it interesting and fun at the same time!!

[@InADarkTavern]

u earned a subscriber

[@Hekateras]

Whether new branches grow out of the axillary buds is also down to hormonal regulation. The apical meristem (top of the main "stem") produces auxin, which ensures so-called apical dominance by suppressing the growth of axillary buds. If you cut off the top of the plant, there is no apical meristem anymore and no more cells to produce auxin. The apical dominance is lifted and the axillary buds are free to differentiate into new apical meristems. This is the entire basis behind the concept of "pruning" a plant to make it grow bushier and branchier rather than taller.

[@sitrakamatthieu]

omg i love it !!! Not the broccoli...but your chanel and the video !!! (the fruits vs vegetables brought me here and now 3rd vidéo they are all awesome !!!)

[@salmanesmail2966]

Molly nice presentation. It's just pretty

[@AliceBowie]

I thought broccoli was a crossbreed between cauliflower and kale or rabe.

[@jonathanpekar5907]

Gotta go for romanesco. They're pretty neat. Thank you!

[@atifbhore7740]

Simply great!

[@dfusa4869]

Plants don’t want us to eat them 😂

[@7havefun]

Next time I'll eat broccoli I'll do it with some much respect.

[@robynw6307]

Sooo interesting. But I must say that I love cauli but dislike brussels sprouts. Each to their own :)

[@ScienceIRL]

Do you have any favorite cauliflower recipes?? Maybe there is a magic flavor combo out there that will change my mind >_

[@robynw6307]

@@ScienceIRL Sorry, no. I just like steamed cauli. Sometimes with a lovely cheese sauce over the top. Though I do use it, along with potato, sweet potato, and broccoli in vegetable bakes, but I make the sauce for that from a packet mix. Not a great cook here, I'm afraid :)

[@AlexDainisPhD]

Okay, trying to imagine the genetic differences that cause the axillary bud in the brussels sprouts to be modified like the axillary stem in the cabbage...AH too cool. Why are plants so cool?! And obviously brussels are the best!

[@ScienceIRL]

I know right?? Like how have these developmental modules shifted to different parts of the phytomer?? And, very glad to have you on team brussels >_

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Oh boi it is kinda like my Jade trees

[@salmahmohamed6048]

Question: WHO were these farmers who selectively grew these veggies? How long ago was that? 20 years ago? 200 years ago? a thousand years ago? Than you for the video! :)

[@ScienceIRL]

Great question! Ancient Latin & Greek texts from more than 2,000 years ago mention some of the leafy varieties like kale & cabbage, but brussels sprouts came about more recently, ~700 years ago or so :)

[@Corporis]

where is tree?

[@ScienceIRL]

where.

[@AKay-y]

Ok this was super interesting and well explained but why do I have a crush on you now

[@leo35577]

It's all cabbage.

[@aaronarriaga1822]

👏

[@kristalsjoys]

Gross!! I'm not eating them again. Thanks for the info 😊

[@cheesepotato.]

Broccoli is cabbage???????

[@fiat7739]

Please, if you are here from |Sonja's lecture

[@genegibson3649]

Ugg me single cell organism 1.5 million years old I call bs on evolution

[@fadymichael5337]

Like if you’re here because of professor Long

[@magdalenavegan]

Broccoli is disgusting

[@sharkair2839]

its really good with a little bacon.

[@mediabox8280]

This spring, for poops and giggles, I've been having fun out in my garden trying to cross dinosaur kale with black mustard to see what I get as my end result. :) Its nice to have a better understanding of what I'm seeing out there. Thanks for putting this together and sharing. :)