Cracking the Code of Life Video was very interesting. The video focused on the Human Genome Project and how the project can help with determining mutations in a person’s genome sequence. There are many mutations which occur with a slight differentiation in gene pairing that make a mutation. Such as 4 out of 3 billion pairs are arranged differently and then that person can have a disease that can hinder there life and even lifespan. I thought the most interest part of the video was the information about how the mispairing of nucleotides can create a huge difference. Also the fact that if a protein is misshapen then the protein’s function changes and a child can have cystic fibrosis.
Overall I thought that the video is super helpful in understanding how important genes are. At the end of the video, we were posed a question on if a parent can pick their child’s DNA, should they do it. I believe that if you could prevent a deadly disease but should not be done to “pick” a perfect baby. Although the human race shares 99% of the same genes we are all super different and unique.
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