1. Intro to DNA

2. DNA fun facts
How long does it take one of your cells to completely copy its DNA?
8 hours
In the human DNA code is made up of base pairs: A-T and G-C on each side of the DNA strand. How many base pairs are in a DNA strand?
3 billion
If you were to recite the order of the ATCGs in your DNA starting tomorrow morning, at a rate of 100 nitrogen bases per minute, how long would it take you to recite one entire DNA strand if you didn’t stop to eat, drink, sleep or go to the bathroom, etc?
57 years

3. DNA fun facts Autosomal cells have how many chromosomes? 46
Sperm and egg have how many chromosomes? 23
If you were to stretch out the DNA from your 46 chromosomes in just one cell and lay it end to end, how long would it be?
Over 2 yards
If the total DNA in one person were laid out in a straight line, how long would it be?
30 times the distance to the sun

4. DNA fun facts
How many cell nuclei could you fit across the period on your paper?
1000
How many threads of DNA could you fit across the same period?
1 million
If you wanted to store all the information from a strand of DNA on a computer, how much storage space would it take up?
3 GB

5. DNA fun facts
How genetically similar are you to any other random human on the planet? (percentage wise)
99.9%
How much genetic material do we as humans share with the bacteria e. coli? (percentage wise) 7%
How much genetic material do we as humans share with earthworms? (percentage wise)
21%

6. DNA fun facts
How much genetic material do we as humans share with the a zebra fish? (percentage wise)
85%
How much genetic material do we as humans share with a mouse? (percentage wise)
90%
How much genetic material do we as humans share with a chimpanzee? (percentage wise)
98%
What percent of our DNA codes for proteins? 2%
The dominant trait is always the better trait to have.
False

7. Darwin’s Ear Points

8. Tongue Rolling
DOMINANT
RECESSIVE

9. Attached Ear Lobes
Dominant
Recessive

10. Hitchhiker’s Thumb

11. Left handed
Left handed: Recessive
Right handed: dominant

12. Freckles
Dominant
Recessive

13. Bent little finger
Bent: dominant
Recessive: straight

14. Curly Hair
Dominant
Recessive

15. Longer 2nd toe
Dominant
Recessive

16. Eye Color
Dominant
Recessive

17. Widows Peak
Dominant
Recessive

18. Butt Chin/Cleft Chin
Dominant
Recessive

19. Hand Clasping
Dominant
Recessive

20. Mid-digit hair
Dominant
Recessive

21. Dimples
Dominant
Recessive

22. Arm Crossing
Dominant
Recessive

23. Lip shape
Dominant
Recessive

24. Nose Bump
Dominant
Recessive

25. Index finger longer than ring finger

26. Hair Color

27. Vulcanism