Thursday, February 16, 2017

DNA MOLECULE


DNA Molecule:

TGCATACCACGTTAGCCCCTCCAGTTCAAATCACGAGTTGTAAATCACTG

3 comments:

  1. AUG GUG CAA UCG GGG AGG UCA AGU UUA GUG CUC AAC AUU UAG

    WE DREAM ABOUT NATURAL SELECTION PROTEINS AND APE BECAUSE WE ARE BOOK STUDENTS.

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  2. Hey Chris, you decode is fine, but unfortunately the sentence is not correct, i just double checked and maybe you confused the right codon.
    Correct sentence: WE DREAM ABOUT NATURAL SELECTION, PROTEINS, AND APES BECAUSE WE ARE ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS.

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  3. Ana, good code. Chris, almost right! As Ana explained, you misscoded the second to the last word, which should have been "anthropology" (AAC)instead of "book" (AUC). Looks like a point mutation. Otherwise, well done.

    Here is my decode for reference:

    DNA: TGCATACCACGTTAGCCCCTCCAGTTCAAATCACGAGTTGTAAATCACTG
    RNA: ACGUAUGGUGCAAUCGGGGAGGUCAAGUUUAGUGCUCAACAUUUAGUGAC
    Codons: AUG GUG CAA UCG GGG AGG UCA AGU UUA GUG CUC AAC AUU UAG
    (start) We dream about natural selection, proteins and ape(s) because we are anthropology students. (stop)

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