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Exploring DNA and Human Traits: Hair, Eye Color, and More

This educational guide delves into the processes of DNA creation, including the roles of mRNA and anticodons. Discover how specific amino acid sequences relate to various human traits, such as hair color, eye color, skin color, and nail growth rate. By selecting traits that reflect you, you'll be able to trace the corresponding amino acids and convert them into mRNA and DNA sequences. Enhance your understanding of genetics and how it influences personal characteristics.

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Exploring DNA and Human Traits: Hair, Eye Color, and More

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  1. Warmup • What process creates new DNA? • What is an anticodon? • Where are anticodons found?

  2. Human Protein Traits

  3. Directions • For each of the human traits below, choose the one on each slide that best matches you. • Copy down the amino acid sequence • Convert the amino acids into mRNA • Convert the mRNA into DNA

  4. Hair Color • Brown:arginine, serine, alanine, alanine, threonine, aspartate, glycine, phenylalanine, leucine, leucine • Black: arginine, glycine, alanine, alanine, threonine, aspartate, isoleucine, phenylalanine, glutamate, leucine • Blonde: threonine, serine, alanine, alanine, tyrosine, aspartate, glycine, alanine, leucine, leucine

  5. Hair type • Curly: Valine, Methionine, Methionine, Threonine, Leucine, Cystine, Leucine, Cystine, Arginine, Glycine • Straight: Valine, Methionine, Methionine, Threonine, Proline, Cystine, Proline, Cystine, Arginine, Glycine

  6. Eye Color • Brown: Valine, Methionine, Serine, Serine, Serine, Cystine, Glycine, Valine, Proline, Histidine • Blue: Proline, Methionine, Serine, Serine, Serine, Glutamine, Glycine, Arginine, Proline, Histidine • Green: Proline, Methionine, Histidine, Serine, Histidine, Glutamine, Glycine, Arginine, Alanine, Histidine • Hazel: Valine, Methionine, Serine, Serine, Serine, Glutamine, Glycine, Valine, Proline, Histidine

  7. Skin Color • Dark Brown: Leucine, Phenylalanine, Leucine, Serine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Arganine, Aspartate, Glycine, Threonine • Light Brown: Leucine, Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Serine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Alanine, Aspartate, Proline, Threonine • White: Proline, Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Aspartate, Proline, Threonine

  8. Nail Growth Rate • Fast: Alanine, Glycine, Glutamine, Glutamate, Aspartate, Serine, Serine, Glycine, Cystine, Tryptophan • Medium: Alanine, Glycine, Glutamate, Glutamate, Aspartate, Histidine, Serine, Leucine, Cystine, Tryptophan • Slow: Alanine, Arginine, Glutamine, Glutamate, Valine, Serine, Serine, Glycine, Lysine, Tryptophan

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