Chuck
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Yeah. So that's sort of due to bad timing. Another thing that can happen as far as those errors go is it's called mispairing. And was this a HowStuffWorks article?
Yeah. So that's sort of due to bad timing. Another thing that can happen as far as those errors go is it's called mispairing. And was this a HowStuffWorks article?
Yeah. So that's sort of due to bad timing. Another thing that can happen as far as those errors go is it's called mispairing. And was this a HowStuffWorks article?
Yeah, they did a pretty good job of putting this in terms we can understand. If you imagine those two DNA strands that work together or zip together like a zipper, sometimes that zipper doesn't align. Your penis gets stuck in it? Oh, my God. And that can happen when the DNA is getting zipped back up, and that can cause parts of it to be skipped over or maybe something added that shouldn't be.
Yeah, they did a pretty good job of putting this in terms we can understand. If you imagine those two DNA strands that work together or zip together like a zipper, sometimes that zipper doesn't align. Your penis gets stuck in it? Oh, my God. And that can happen when the DNA is getting zipped back up, and that can cause parts of it to be skipped over or maybe something added that shouldn't be.
Yeah, they did a pretty good job of putting this in terms we can understand. If you imagine those two DNA strands that work together or zip together like a zipper, sometimes that zipper doesn't align. Your penis gets stuck in it? Oh, my God. And that can happen when the DNA is getting zipped back up, and that can cause parts of it to be skipped over or maybe something added that shouldn't be.
Did not either. Had never heard of jumping genes. I've heard of jumping beans and jumping jacks, but never jumping genes. Very nice. So that's the ways that can happen as far as like an error occurring in your body.
Did not either. Had never heard of jumping genes. I've heard of jumping beans and jumping jacks, but never jumping genes. Very nice. So that's the ways that can happen as far as like an error occurring in your body.
Did not either. Had never heard of jumping genes. I've heard of jumping beans and jumping jacks, but never jumping genes. Very nice. So that's the ways that can happen as far as like an error occurring in your body.
On a cellular level. You mentioned external factors. One of the big ones, and I didn't know to this extent even, is radiation. And you might be thinking like, yeah, so you just don't get x-rayed when you're pregnant, like that solves everything, right?
On a cellular level. You mentioned external factors. One of the big ones, and I didn't know to this extent even, is radiation. And you might be thinking like, yeah, so you just don't get x-rayed when you're pregnant, like that solves everything, right?
On a cellular level. You mentioned external factors. One of the big ones, and I didn't know to this extent even, is radiation. And you might be thinking like, yeah, so you just don't get x-rayed when you're pregnant, like that solves everything, right?
That's not necessarily the case because UV radiation can be a very big cause of mutations, specifically when it's called like a sunburn on your DNA. If you have too much UV radiation, they can form something called, how would you say that?
That's not necessarily the case because UV radiation can be a very big cause of mutations, specifically when it's called like a sunburn on your DNA. If you have too much UV radiation, they can form something called, how would you say that?
That's not necessarily the case because UV radiation can be a very big cause of mutations, specifically when it's called like a sunburn on your DNA. If you have too much UV radiation, they can form something called, how would you say that?
No, it's dimers. And especially thymine dimers that can distort that DNA structure. And that's sort of like a sunburn... And that happens when a couple of DNA building blocks are stuck together. And that's oftentimes caused from, you know, sun exposure.
No, it's dimers. And especially thymine dimers that can distort that DNA structure. And that's sort of like a sunburn... And that happens when a couple of DNA building blocks are stuck together. And that's oftentimes caused from, you know, sun exposure.