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Transcript
What does chocolate
have to do with
genetics?
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Chocolate comes
from the beans of
the cacao tree,
Theobroma cacao.
Just like humans,
and every other
living organism,
the cacao tree
has DNA.
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Humans vs. Chocolate
Cacao has only 10 chromosomes, compared to your
23. Chromosomes are the structures of DNA and
protein found in cells.
Our genome, the full set of DNA
in a cell or organism, is seven
and a half times larger than the
cacao tree’s.
However, scientist’s think that
cacao may have 30,000 genes.
That is more genes than they
think humans have!
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Are you a genetic chocoholic?
You can inherit a 'sweet tooth' from your parents.
Recent research suggests there is a genetic reason
why some people crave sugary foods.
Scientists bred strains of mice
according to whether they
preferred sweetened or
unsweetened water.
They found a gene that was
different in the two groups of
mice and then searched for a
similar gene in humans.
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Why do we crave sweetness?
In our past, it would have
been important to be able
to identify, sweet and fatty
energy rich food.
A genetic trait making us
seek such food out would
have helped us survive.
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In today’s sugar rich world, a craving for sweetness
and fat may not be such an advantage.
We can easily get much
more than the fat and
sugar we need to survive.
Because of this, our
population getting fatter, and
need to be careful about how
much we eat.
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