by Anna Goddard Do you ever hear your parents talking about how bad Brussels sprouts used to taste? They remember […]
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Epigenome
(noun, /eh-PEE-jee-nohm/) by Hazel Milla What does it mean? The epigenome is all of the chemical modifications to a genome. […]
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Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
(noun. /rye-bO-new-clay-Ick ah-sED/) by Quinn Eberhard What does it mean? A core chemical of living organisms, similar in chemical properties […]
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Barbara McClintock and the Jumping Genes!
by Margaret Dedloff Barbara McClintock was a geneticist who studied the genetics of maize, also known as corn (Figure 1). […]
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ATAC-seq
by Tiffany Ko Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? The Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin (ATAC) […]
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siRNA Knockdown
by Chelsea Smith Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is often […]
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Chimerism: How Multiple Organisms can Live in the Same Body
By Macy Osborne-Frazier If you watched the recent Percy Jackson and the Olympians show, you might remember a scene where […]
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Gibson Assembly
by Olivia Conway Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Although the genetic engineering we read […]
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The Tabby Cat
by Anna Goddard Contrary to popular belief, “tabby” is actually not a breed of cat, but rather a coat pattern. […]
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Pharmacogenomics
by Raeanne Geffert Your genes (which are found in your DNA) hold information about yourself. Genes are passed down from […]
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Cómo Se Copia El ADN: La Invención de la Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa
Escrito por Matt Niederhuber, Enero 11, 2018 (English version) Traducido al español por Tiffany Riascos Es muy probable que alguna […]
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Genetically Modified Organism
(noun. /jeh-NET-icklee mAWd-if-eyed ORGan-ism/) by Mikayla Feldbauer What does it mean? A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose […]
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DNA
(noun. /dee-en-AY/) by Brandon Le What does it mean? Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that stores the instructions for […]
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Evolution to Pollution: The Unforeseen Costs
by Emily Green In high school science class, you may hear anecdotes of species that evolved into what they are […]
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Next Generation Sequencing
by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Next Generation Sequencing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists […]
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Sanger Sequencing: Reading our DNA
by Seth Veenbaas Technique name: Sanger sequencing Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 General purpose: Sanger sequencing, and other DNA […]
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What is RNA Anyways?
by Seth Veenbaas Versión en Español You may already know that DNA is a complex molecule in all our cells […]
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Oncogene
(noun. /ON-co-jeen/) by Mariah Jones What does it mean? An oncogene, is a gene that is mutated (or altered) and […]
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Did you know that all calico and tortoiseshell cats are female?
by Taylor Tibbs Calico cats have a secret hidden under all those cute black, white, and orange spots. While the […]
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Digest and Ligation of DNA
by Rami Major Technique Name: Restriction Digest and Ligation Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? […]
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