SNORKS: Introduction: In this activity, you will examine the DNA sequence of a fictitious organism- the Snork! Snorks were discovered on the planet Dea Enae in a distant solar system. Snorks only have one chromosome with ten genes on it. Four snorks volunteered their DNA for analyzing, Snicker Snork, Snuffle Snork, Snapple Snork, and Snoopy Snork. Your job is to analyze the genes of one snork and determine which traits the organism is expressing. Then sketch the organism. Be creative! For simplicity, the gene sequences are much smaller than real gene sequences found in living organisms. Each gene has two versions that result in a different trait being expressed in the snork. You will need to transcribe the DNA into mRNA, and then translate it into amino acids (a protein!) to determine the traits expressed. Remember: Each gene has a start codon (AUG) at the beginning of the gene to initiate translation, and a stop codon at the end of each gene which signals to stop translation. SNORKS: Introduction: In this activity, you will examine the DNA sequence of a fictitious organism- the Snork! Snorks were discovered on the planet Dea Enae in a distant solar system. Snorks only have one chromosome with ten genes on it. Four snorks volunteered their DNA for analyzing, Snicker Snork, Snuffle Snork, Snapple Snork, and Snoopy Snork. Your job is to analyze the genes of one snork and determine which traits the organism is expressing. Then sketch the organism. Be creative! For simplicity, the gene sequences are much smaller than real gene sequences found in living organisms. Each gene has two versions that result in a different trait being expressed in the snork. You will need to transcribe the DNA into mRNA, and then translate it into amino acids (a protein!) to determine the traits expressed. Remember: Each gene has a start codon (AUG) at the beginning of the gene to initiate translation, and a stop codon at the end of each gene which signals to stop translation. Snicker Snork: Gene DNA mRNA Amino Acids Expressed Gene 1 TAC-CAG-TCG-TTT-ATT
SNORKS: Introduction: In this activity, you will examine the DNA sequence of a fictitious organism- the Snork! Snorks were discovered on the planet Dea Enae in a distant solar system. Snorks only have one chromosome with ten genes on it. Four snorks volunteered their DNA for analyzing, Snicker Snork, Snuffle Snork, Snapple Snork, and Snoopy Snork. Your job is to analyze the genes of one snork and determine which traits the organism is expressing. Then sketch the organism. Be creative! For simplicity, the gene sequences are much smaller than real gene sequences found in living organisms. Each gene has two versions that result in a different trait being expressed in the snork. You will need to transcribe the DNA into mRNA, and then translate it into amino acids (a protein!) to determine the traits expressed. Remember: Each gene has a start codon (AUG) at the beginning of the gene to initiate translation, and a stop codon at the end of each gene which signals to stop translation. SNORKS: Introduction: In this activity, you will examine the DNA sequence of a fictitious organism- the Snork! Snorks were discovered on the planet Dea Enae in a distant solar system. Snorks only have one chromosome with ten genes on it. Four snorks volunteered their DNA for analyzing, Snicker Snork, Snuffle Snork, Snapple Snork, and Snoopy Snork. Your job is to analyze the genes of one snork and determine which traits the organism is expressing. Then sketch the organism. Be creative! For simplicity, the gene sequences are much smaller than real gene sequences found in living organisms. Each gene has two versions that result in a different trait being expressed in the snork. You will need to transcribe the DNA into mRNA, and then translate it into amino acids (a protein!) to determine the traits expressed. Remember: Each gene has a start codon (AUG) at the beginning of the gene to initiate translation, and a stop codon at the end of each gene which signals to stop translation. Snicker Snork: Gene DNA mRNA Amino Acids Expressed Gene 1 TAC-CAG-TCG-TTT-ATT
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