(De)Mystified DNA

Join us for the random creation of a sequence of DNA. This lab is about understanding the Genetic code and the online freeware available to ‘read’ DNA. Our sequence is arrived at through chance. We will then creatively explore software options like BLAST ( blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi ) for finding where the random sequence is already embedded in the genomes of sequenced nature. We will also explore the online tools of plasmid design including DNA text to flesh online ordering and the anatomy of a DNA sequencing machine. As a group we will arrive at a symbolic reading of our chance strand of potential life alteration. Discussion in risk assessment in both chance based and knowledge based systems of hereditary difference production.

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