Myles, decoded correctly, but did you see any errors in the code that you could critique? This is a teaching moment for everyone. What guidance could you offer?
Debra, a couple of things:
- The random bases had to be actual bases (ATCG). No other letters from the alphabet qualify. - You broke the DNA into triplets, which made the sentence too easy to figure out. Real DNA molecules don't have hyphens. :-) - You were missing start and stop codons, so decoders wouldn't have known where to start the decode, without the hyphens, of course. So if you do a straight decode, you end up with a nonsense sentence. I've provided that straight decode for you below to see the problem, using question marks where standard bases were missing in the DNA:
DNA: ABATAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGTGCLER RNA: U?UAUUCCUACCUACCGUUUGCAGACUUGCACG??? Triplets UAU UCC UAC CUA CCG UUU GCA GAC UUG CAC G Of into from was study in bad unusual to think G
Here is what your DNA code process should have looked like:
Sentence: Students become monster(s) from learn(ing) to eat pizza after. RNA triplets: AUU CCU ACC UAC CGU UUG CAG ACU UGC Add start/stop codons: AUG AUU CCU ACC UAC CGU UUG CAG ACU UGC UAG Take away spaces: AUGAUUCCUACCUACCGUUUGCAGACUUGCUAG Convert to DNA: TACTAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGATC Add random bases: CGTTCTACTAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGATCGTGGG
That last line (with your own choice of random bases) is what should have been posted.
If i got this right and i hope i did lol, i got.
ReplyDelete"Students Become Monster(s) From lean(ing) To Eat Pizza After School."
And yes eating way to much of this after school can make someone into a food monster lol. :)
that was supposed to be Learn(ing) lol oopse.
ReplyDeleteThank you Myles. You are, of course, on the money. Wasn't that a fun assignment? Good job!
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ReplyDeleteMyles, decoded correctly, but did you see any errors in the code that you could critique? This is a teaching moment for everyone. What guidance could you offer?
ReplyDeleteDebra, a couple of things:
- The random bases had to be actual bases (ATCG). No other letters from the alphabet qualify.
- You broke the DNA into triplets, which made the sentence too easy to figure out. Real DNA molecules don't have hyphens. :-)
- You were missing start and stop codons, so decoders wouldn't have known where to start the decode, without the hyphens, of course. So if you do a straight decode, you end up with a nonsense sentence. I've provided that straight decode for you below to see the problem, using question marks where standard bases were missing in the DNA:
DNA: ABATAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGTGCLER
RNA: U?UAUUCCUACCUACCGUUUGCAGACUUGCACG???
Triplets UAU UCC UAC CUA CCG UUU GCA GAC UUG CAC G
Of into from was study in bad unusual to think G
Here is what your DNA code process should have looked like:
Sentence: Students become monster(s) from learn(ing) to eat pizza after.
RNA triplets: AUU CCU ACC UAC CGU UUG CAG ACU UGC
Add start/stop codons: AUG AUU CCU ACC UAC CGU UUG CAG ACU UGC UAG
Take away spaces: AUGAUUCCUACCUACCGUUUGCAGACUUGCUAG
Convert to DNA: TACTAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGATC
Add random bases: CGTTCTACTAAGGATGGATGGCAAACGTCTGAACGATCGTGGG
That last line (with your own choice of random bases) is what should have been posted.
Thank you for the insight, Professor. I appreciate your explanation.
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