[melancholy French horn music] - Music really speaks to me, and redwoods really speak to me.

[Melancholy French horn music continues] Combining those two really is powerful, a cathartic experience that helps me deal with the stress of everyday life.

[French horn music continues] [light music] As a kid, I remember just being in awe of these amazing trees.

You do not need to know the science behind any of this to be just floored by these trees.

But awe can be inspired even more when you learn a little bit more about them.

[bright music] Today I am here to meet with some docents and take them on a tour, talking about redwood genetics.

There's a specific phenotype, which is this curly redwood phenotype here.

It's like wavy hair.

We are learning a ton about these trees.

[bright music continues] But if we want to understand more about what makes a redwood tree so remarkable, its height, its size, its age, and how they're so resilient, genetics would be the way to answer some of these questions.