Taxonomy

D.N.A. Review

If you've watched CSI on television, you're familiar with DNA. A coiled pair of nucleotide strands forming a double helix, a twisted ladder-like arrangement, its sequence of nucleic acids determines hereditary characteristics and offers the key to catching criminals and identifying their victims.

Nucleotides, however, can also be manipulated to create biological hybrids -- the basis for D.N.A. A blender, if you will, for whipping up new creations at the molecular level.

Posted on Apr 7, 2008, 9:17pm

Syndicate content