• Question: Why do you study DNA

    Asked by Eddy the Jedi to Reka on 11 Nov 2016.
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      Reka Nagy answered on 11 Nov 2016:

      Because I want to know more about how a chemical (DNA) is able to make us the way we are, and how the same chemical (still DNA, but with its ‘letters’ arranged in a different order) can make other things such as bacteria or animals!

      Specifically, I want to know how ‘typos’ in our DNA can lead to disease or how they influence the diversity we see in humans.

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