Download DNA NAME BRACELET ACTIVITY FOR

DNA NAME BRACELET ACTIVITY
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FIND YOUR NAME IN THE LANGUAGE OF DNA AT: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/schools/decode/)
USING THE NITROGEN BASE PAIRING RULES, RECORD THE SEQUENCE OF YOUR COMPLEMENTARY DNA
STRAND ABOVE
USE THE COLOR KEY BELOW TO DETERMINE THE BEAD SEQUENCE FOR YOUR BRACELET (BOTH STRANDS)
Adenine = Red
Thymine = blue
Guanine = Green
Cytosine = Yellow
OK, NOW DETERMINE THE # OF EACH COLOR BEAD YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR DNA NAME BRACELET.
RED = _____
BLUE = _____
GREEN = _____
YELLOW = _____
TO MAKE YOUR BRACELET, CUT A PIECE OF STRING A LITTLE OVER 2X THE SIZE OF YOUR WRIST;
TIE A LOOP IN THE MIDDLE, THEN STRING BOTH STRANDS OF YOUR NAME IN DNA; AND TIE TO LOOP
IF YOUR NAME WHERE IN THE LANGUAGE OF mRNA WHAT WOULD IT BE? (RECORD BELOW)
USING THE UNIVERSAL GENETIC CODE, IF YOU WERE A PROTEIN, WHAT WOULD YOUR AMINO ACID
SEQUENCE BE?
IF YOUR DNA BRACLET HAS A RED BEAD PAIRED WITH A GREEN BEAD, WHAT WOULD YOU CALL THAT?______________