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Halloween is this weekend. We’re putting finishing touches on costumes, prepping our candy supply, and sharing the science behind some of this holiday’s most iconic symbols. Monster Pumpkins: Regardless of what your pumpkin weighs, genetically it’s a giant. Pumpkins have 20…
DNA ligase is one of the most important, but least celebrated, enzymes used in modern biotechnology. This enzyme plays a very important role in DNA replication and repair by acting like a “glue” that can connect different DNA fragments to…
Read More Biotech Basics: DNA Ligase – Building a Bridge with DNA
Transformation is the process through which bacteria can pick up foreign DNA from the surrounding environment. The newly acquired genetic information is both stable and heritable. In the laboratory, we can transform bacteria with small, circular pieces of DNA called…
Read More Five Ways to Improve Your Transformation Experiments
What is transformation? In nature, some species of bacteria can acquire exogenous DNA from the surrounding environment through a process called transformation. The newly acquired genetic information is both stable and heritable. In the laboratory, scientists can force bacteria like…
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