For this lab, we had to assemble (using candy) a DNA strand. The liquorice represented the back bones of the DNA strand, so the sugar and phosphate. The marshmallows represented the chemical bases, and each different marshmallow color represented a different one. Green represented Guanine, pink represented Cytosine, yellow represented Adenine, and orange represented Thymine. Guanine always goes with Cytosine, and Adenine always goes with Thymine. The code was:
T A (orange + yellow)
A T (yellow + orange)
C G (pink + green)
G C (green + pink)
T A (orange + yellow)
A T (yellow + orange)
T A (orange + yellow)
G C (green + pink)
A T (yellow + orange)
A T (yellow + orange)
A T (yellow + orange)
C G (pink + green)
Nana and I were partners for this lab.