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​Warning: we will be discussing phenotypes that have dramatic impacts.

Be mature

These are individuals with genetic diffences

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​Thalidomide, prescribed between 1957-1961,
birth defects it changed SALL4 gene on chromosome 20 leading to limb deformities. Around 10,000 children were affected, with 2,000 survivors today.

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Transcription (DNA copied to mRNA)

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​Translation: (mRNA to amino acids)

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​Translation: (mRNA to amino acids)

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​Step 1: Transcription Step 2: Translation

(in Nucleus) moves to ribosome Ribosome

​Codon chart
3 letters in mRNA are 'read' that makes 1 amino acid

​ Codon (3 letters)

Transcription: DNA TO mRNA

A ---> U
T ---> A
C ---> G
G ---> C

Translation: mRNA to amino acid

A ---> U
T ---> A
C ---> G
G ---> C

Translation: mRNA to amino acid

A ---> U
T ---> A
C ---> G
G ---> C

​Amino Acid: ARG

​Codon chart
3 letters in mRNA are 'read' that makes 1 amino acid

​ Codon (3 letters)