Modeling Gene Expression using Sentences: A Short Activity to Accompany Genetics Units

Evan Lampert

doi:10.1525/abt.2011.73.7.9

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Evan Lampert^*

^*Evan Lampert teaches in the Biology Department at Gainesville State College, Gainesville, GA 30503; e-mail: elampert@gsc.edu.

Abstract

I explain a classroom activity to model translation of RNA into proteins. Students are given worksheets with short mRNA sequences and a genetic code coding phrases instead of amino acids. Students use the code to write a sentence from their mRNA sequences; a “Chuck Norris fact” is provided as an example. 1 also provide instructions to expand this activity to include transcription of DNA into RNA.

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Evan Lampert "Modeling Gene Expression using Sentences: A Short Activity to Accompany Genetics Units," The American Biology Teacher 73(7), 418, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2011.73.7.9

Published: 1 September 2011