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​Unit 4: Genetics & Heredity ​

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​Unit 4: Genetics & Heredity

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Unit 4: Genetics & Heredity

Students used candy to model the structure of DNA & RNA. The Candy DNA was made in a previous activity. They were expected to create an assigned sequence of RNA nucleotides from their already created DNA strand.

In DNA, each nucleotide consists of a deoxyribose (red licorice), a phosphate (marshmallow), and a nitrogenous base (Skittle). It is important that the deoxyribose and phosphates make up the back-bone and that the bases are bound to the deoxyribose.

In RNA, each nucleotide consists of a ribose (black licorice), a phosphate (marshmallow), and a nitrogenous base (Skittle). It is important that the deoxyribose and phosphates make up the back-bone and that the bases are bound to the deoxyribose.


The Skittle bases are as follows:

• Thymine (T) - Purple [DNA only]
• Adenine (A) - Red
• Guanine (G) - Green
• Cytosine (C) - Yellow
• Uracil (U) - Orange [RNA only]

Based on the original stand of DNA, the complimentary strand of RNA was created using the correct base pairs: G to C, C to G, T to A, A to U, the U replacing the T in RNA.

Unit 4: Genetics & Heredity