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in a review of David Jordan's debut album, Set the Mood, it was suggested that the singer could have been cloned from the DNA of Lenny Kravitz, Prince and Michael Jackson.

a new orchid species, Ornithidium donaldeedodii, was "discovered" when a mislabeled plant at the University of California Botanical Garden had its DNA analyzed.

more than 98% of the human genome is noncoding DNA, sometimes referred to as "junk" DNA.

the 1944 Avery-MacLeod-McCarty experiment, later celebrated for showing that DNA is the genetic material, challenged the prevailing wisdom that genes were made of protein.

the field of DNA nanotechnology has used the unique molecular recognition properties of DNA to construct two-dimensional lattices, nanomechanical devices, computers, polyhedra, and even a smiley face out of DNA.

square root biased sampling was originally developed as a way to sample long sequences of DNA.

nucleic acid design is used in DNA nanotechnology and DNA computing to create structures out of DNA, such as nanomachines, polyhedra (example pictured), and nanoscale origami.

Cetartiodactyla is a hypothesis based on DNA that suggests whales and hippos are related.

coccolithovirus, a giant double-stranded DNA virus, has 472 protein-coding genes, and is the largest known marine virus by genome.

DNA clamp proteins (pictured) keep the DNA polymerase replicating enzyme bound to the template DNA strand, increasing the rate of DNA synthesis up to 1,000-fold.

genetic monitoring of the DNA from feathers shed by the Eastern Imperial Eagle shows it is shorter lived than other long-lived raptors.

New York abstract painter Dennis Ashbaugh is one of the first artists to employ DNA marking patterns in paintings.

Exploring DNA: A Quiz on Genetics and the TV Series

1 Who played Taka the TV series DNA?

2 What role did Mark Dacascos play in the TV series DNA?

3 As with human DNA-dependent DNA polymerases, ________, the enzyme that transcribes most of the genes in the human genome, operates as part of a large protein complex with multiple regulatory and accessory subunits.

4 Chemically, DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called nucleotides, with backbones made of sugars and phosphate groups joined by ________ bonds.

5 Who played Hatton the TV series DNA?

6 [64] The information carried by DNA is held in the sequence of pieces of DNA called ________.

7 In DNA replication, a DNA-dependent ________ makes a copy of a DNA sequence.

8 DNA is often compared to a set of blueprints or a recipe, or a code, since it contains the instructions needed to construct other components of cells, such as proteins and ________ molecules.

9 Who played Loren Azenfeld the TV series DNA?

10 Genes contain an open reading frame that can be transcribed, as well as regulatory sequences such as ________ and enhancers, which control the transcription of the open reading frame.

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