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DNA for information storage (2025)

Storing the instructions to make an organism in every cell would be a huge waste of resources if the DNA molecule was not such a good information storage molecule. This activity takes a step back from the details of DNA structure and helps students to consider what it is that makes DNA so good at storing genetic information. It introduces the universal nature of DNA and an activity explores the effect of errors in...

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