DNA is found in the nucleus of a cell. Every cell in the body contains DNA in its nucleus.
The bases that make up DNA are adenine, cytocine, guanine, and thymine (more commonly known as A, C, G, and T). One strand of DNA from the human body contains three billion bases. A pairs with G, and C pairs with T.
No, scientists have not been able to map the complete human DNA strand. They are in the process of doing so. The process will take at least two years.
We made DNA out of pasta so that we could easily see what it looks like (a spiraling ladder), and so that we could see how the base pairs group together. It’s easier than just saying, "Okay, DNA looks like a spiraling ladder, and A pairs with G and C pairs with T…" and then try to imagine exactly what that would look like.
Yes, you can extract DNA from any living thing. This is because if something didn’t have DNA, then it wouldn’t be a living thing! A living thing has to have DNA.
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid.
This is the main information about DNA. I hope you have learned something about DNA from reading this.
Huxley wrote the book "A Brave New World," in which your status in the community was determined for you, before birth. If you were born and Alpha or a Beta, you were a leader. If you were an Upsilon, you had no education, no authority, nothing. In this book you did not have any say in what your status would be. Back when "A Brave New World" was written, people thought it was impossible. But now that sort of thing is happening.
Dr. Richard Seed is basically the leader of genetic engineering. He is over 70 and is determined to achieve genetic engineering before he dies. He says that if the U.S bans genetic engineering, he’ll just do it in another country. He claims that genetic engineering brings him one step closer to God.
Dolly is a sheep – the first successful clone. She had to be cloned over 200 times before it was successful! But she was cloned by replacing the natural DNA with a seven year old cell, so she is basically aging seven times faster than she should! She was cloned from a sheep named Molly.
I think genetic engineering is HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!! People shouldn’t be so superior to other people. Also, some people wouldn’t be able to afford genetic engineering even if they wanted to, and some people , like me, wouldn’t want to genetically engineer their child even if they could afford to. Then their children would have so much trouble competing with genetically engineered children, and that’s just wrong!!!
I also think cloning is bad, because we’re all supposed to be individuals, and cloning messes with that. I personally wouldn’t want other people to have the EXACT SAME GENETIC MAKEUP as I do – it would make me feel as if I were some artificial product. Twins are different because they’re your siblings, and you love them even if they have the same genetic makeup as you, plus, twins happen naturally. Cloning is done artificially and there isn’t that bond to the clones of you.
Everything here is an example of why I think genetic engineering and cloning are wrong. Hopefully, this has had a lot of useful information.
