Fun Facts About Genetics

1000 cell nuclei could be squeezed into a period mark at the end of a sentence.

It takes about 8 hours for one of your cells to completely copy it's DNA.

We still don't know the function of more than 80 per cent of our DNA.

DNA is a fragile molecule. A thousand times a day, something happens to it to cause errors.

If we want to store all digital information in this world, all we need is 2 grams of DNA.

First cloned organism in the world is Dolly, a sheep.

Humans and cabbage share about 4% common DNA.

Human DNA is 84 percent identical to chimpanzee DNA.

The language of the genome is comprised of four letters: Adenine, Thymine, Guanine ,Cytosine

The structure of DNA was discovered in 1963.

If the total DNA from one person were laid in a straight line, it would stretch to the sun.

DNA is capable of making an identical copy of itself.

DNA doesn't get damaged by sunlight.

We eat DNA every day.

Humans are 99.9% genetically identical - only 0.1 of our genetic make-up differs