Category: Biology 12

For this activity, my class was asked to model out Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation. Similarly to the DNA Structure and Replication assignment, we modeled the processes using pipe cleaners and beads. Firstly in Protein synthesis, DNA undergoes Transcription: DNA replicates one of its genes into forming Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA), a molecule similar to…

In Biology 12, my class was assigned the job of creating a strand of DNA out of pipe cleaners beads. DNA is a molecule containing our genetic code. It is composed of a chain of nucleotides, monomers containing a 5-sugar backbone, a nitrogen containing base, and a phosphate. A DNA molecule is made up of 2…