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To Live and Die in the Shadows: Ferns, Survival, and Horizontal Gene Transfer

Director: Shannon Silva
Short Film :: Shorties
Running Time:05:29 minutes
Event Date(s)
1:15 PM EST
Friday, November 12
Thalian Main
10:45 AM EST
Saturday, November 13
Jengo's Playhouse
Credits:

Writer: Shannon Silva

180 million years ago, through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a much needed light sensor (neochrome) that allowed them to modify and survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky.

Screening in the JoJo Shorts Block.

…and again with The Rest of Us.