This program presents the full interview with geneticist Eric Wieschaus, who tells the story of how chance events led him into the world of science and looks at his work for which at the age of 48, he received a Nobel prize. He explains his work on the development of the fruit fly and how he tracked thousands of fruit-fly crosses to unravel genetic control of early development.

Originally released by Rees Films, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 24, 2018.

Eric Wieschaus' Childhood (3:27); --Why Genetics? (5:40); -- What Happened Next... (3:21); -- Completing Studies and Post-Doctorate Work (2:34); -- The Plan: To Figure Out Which Genes Control Development in Fruit Fly Embryos (3:49); -- Creating Mutant Fruit Flies and Stable Inbred Lines (2:11); -- Saturation Mutagenesis (2:22); -- The Project Begins a the European Molecular Biology Lab (2:53); -- What the Experiment Revealed About Embryonic Development in Fruit Flies (3:47); -- Further Revelations from the Experiments (2:17); -- How the Hierarchy of Genes Was Worked Out (4:07); -- Homeotic Genes: Effects of Mutations (6:27); -- Early Stages of Development (1:31); -- Fruit Flies and Human Development (2:59); -- The Model Organism Concept (5:34); -- Understanding the Human Brain (4:44); -- Being a Scientist (2:25); -- The Frustrations of Science (3:17); -- The Problem of the Embryo (2:33); -- Credits: Eric Wieschaus: Passionate Scientist (Full Interview) (0:27); .