This unit we began on talks about "walking the dogma" and is related to Chapter 12 in our textbook. It was about the DNA and its role in living organisms, which is to build the certain parts in certain places. The things to note where the steps which replicate DNA (Transcription) , and how they make proteins from reading off RNA (Translation) . The cells make copies of DNA by unzipping it using RNA polymerase, and then using nearby RNA/nucleotides, they make messenger RNA, which are temporary copies of the original DNA. When making proteins, the mRNA or messenger RNA, goes into the cytoplasm and binds itself to a ribosome. The ribosome reads the RNA in a 3-letter code, or codons, and has transfer RNA or tRNA, bring Amino Acids for each specific codon. I was excelling in reading the RNA and being able to figure out which amino acid goes where, with the help of a certain sheet of paper, though i still lack in my ability to remember certain parts of the things go where in a picture, and often forget, misspell them, or just put it in the wrong place.
I have learned much about the structure, roles and uses of DNA after reading the Chapter and watching all the vodcasts about the unit. After using the VARK questionaire, I had realized I was a aural learner, and that I learned more from talking, hearing and recalling things. I used this when I read the codes when translating them, to remember which part I was on, and quickly find the amino acid responsible for that certain codon.
Questions I have about this unit would be seeing an actual picture of DNA unraveled and in plain sight, which we could do if we had went further into the DNA lab. I want to know how long it really is, and the amazing sight of the long ladder which builds proteins.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/DNA_replication_split.svg/2000px-DNA_replication_split.svg.png
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