Comments on: DNA Madness: Extracting your Own DNA in your Kitchen! http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/ When in Doubt, Try it Out! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1286431696">Ryan Flanagan</fb:name> http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-95509 Ryan Flanagan Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:25:42 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-95509 >There is one little piece of us, though, that holds the secret to our existence, and the history of our species: The DNA. >The DNA >The >There is one little piece of us, though, that holds the secret to our existence, and the history of our species: The DNA.

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]]> By: Jake http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-92945 Jake Mon, 30 May 2011 05:44:11 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-92945 <a href="#comment-251" rel="nofollow">@Nour</a>, At this time, there exists no such machine that can view the double helical structure of DNA. The idea of "Watson-Crick" base-pairing and the results of Rosalind Franklin's X-ray experiments both suggest that DNA has to be double helical in nature and has uniform width. (In the world of biology, if it doesn't fit, it doesn't work) That is, for every purine there is a pyramidine and vice-versa (For every Adenine there's a Thymine and for every Guanine there's a Cytosine). This, of course, is assuming that there isn't any variation of a transversion mutation in the genome. @Nour, At this time, there exists no such machine that can view the double helical structure of DNA. The idea of “Watson-Crick” base-pairing and the results of Rosalind Franklin’s X-ray experiments both suggest that DNA has to be double helical in nature and has uniform width. (In the world of biology, if it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t work) That is, for every purine there is a pyramidine and vice-versa (For every Adenine there’s a Thymine and for every Guanine there’s a Cytosine). This, of course, is assuming that there isn’t any variation of a transversion mutation in the genome.

]]> By: Week 8 lesson Plan | Tiger Physics and Chemistry 2010 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-89746 Week 8 lesson Plan | Tiger Physics and Chemistry 2010 Mon, 16 May 2011 01:24:35 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-89746 [...] http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/ [...] [...] http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/ [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="1527216643">Tuan Ahamed Cassim</fb:name> http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-44150 Tuan Ahamed Cassim Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:05:12 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-44150 Nice video and tutorial.. i tried this in our college lab as well.. worked amazingly.. <a href="http://globaltutor.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-extract-dna-of-cells-of-fruit-by.html" rel="nofollow">Extract dna in kitchen</a> Nice video and tutorial.. i tried this in our college lab as well.. worked amazingly..
Extract dna in kitchen

]]> By: Matan http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-22848 Matan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:28:55 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-22848 Cool, I always wanted to try this! I think you're not giving enough credit to the 1869 chemists though. According to the article "Dahm: Friedrich Miescher and the discovery of DNA", at about the same time (1850) a friend of Miescher (named Strecker) even discovered how to synthesize an amino acid (Alanine), which is pretty amazing. Cool, I always wanted to try this!

I think you’re not giving enough credit to the 1869 chemists though. According to the article “Dahm: Friedrich Miescher and the discovery of DNA”, at about the same time (1850) a friend of Miescher (named Strecker) even discovered how to synthesize an amino acid (Alanine), which is pretty amazing.

]]> By: Potato Slicer http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-15098 Potato Slicer Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:56:10 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-15098 this is cool, so we can do the 'crime scene investigator' in the kitchen then :). just kidding, but info you put is very new to me.. this is cool, so we can do the ‘crime scene investigator’ in the kitchen then :) . just kidding, but info you put is very new to me..

]]> By: Vosh http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-14347 Vosh Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:34:01 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-14347 Only one bottle (test tube) was used. Only one bottle (test tube) was used.

]]> By: Pharmacy http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-11068 Pharmacy Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:45:48 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-11068 That is some cool information. DNA molecules are positive charge. That is some cool information. DNA molecules are positive charge.

]]> By: Glenn EM Lee http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Glenn EM Lee Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:41:31 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-1167 Actually if you want to extract the DNA you're able to sneeze in the cup or even just scratch yourself like you have an itch with your stirring stick there. Actually if you want to extract the DNA you’re able to sneeze in the cup or even just scratch yourself like you have an itch with your stirring stick there.

]]> By: Random Stuff I Feel Like Posting « IBY’s Island Universe http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Random Stuff I Feel Like Posting « IBY’s Island Universe Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:22:21 +0000 http://www.smarterthanthat.com/experiments/dna-madness/#comment-806 [...] there is a cool experiment which extracts nucleic [...] [...] there is a cool experiment which extracts nucleic [...]

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