Visualizing DNA: Packing and Replication.

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech, Video Clips on March 4, 2007 at 12:16 pm


See how DNA is packed in the nucleus of every cell of our body, and how it replicates. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via jwz.


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8 comments to "Visualizing DNA: Packing and Replication."

  1. Lady Cooper
    March 4th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    6 feet of DNA in each cell? Well I'll be darned if that ain't mighty amazing.

  2. Alex
    March 4th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    What's also amazing is how any gene gets expressed - imagine how the cell needs to find any particular gene within the long thread of DNA (coiled even!) and get it transcribed.

  3. aware
    March 4th, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    I'd pay money to see the robot snake do this! Chromatin coils rock!

  4. fluff
    March 4th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Oh bullocks; that hurts.

    Everyone who knows what I mean will feel my pain. equally.

    AUTSCH!

  5. Denita TwoDragons
    March 4th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    Hey, robot snakes are cool--but DNA will ALWAYS trump it!

    --TwoDragons

  6. no means maybe
    March 5th, 2007 at 1:31 am

    This is what results when lightning strikes a puddle with amino acids in it enough times? C_C;

  7. Retrokatze
    March 5th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    Neat!
    Another one: http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/

  8. Eric N.
    March 5th, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    Whoa, that just blew my mind.


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