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Could you make a unicorn by crossing DNA?

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Could you make a unicorn by crossing DNA?

SUBJECTS:  Science

YEARS:  7–8, 9–10


Good question! Find out whether this is possible by watching as biologist at MIT, Dr Sera Thornton explains.

What is a genome? And why do genomes need to be decoded?

If the rhino genome was successfully decoded and the part that described the rhino horn was isolated, what would the process be for creating a unicorn?


Acknowledgements

Could you make a unicorn by crossing DNA? (askMIT) downloaded from PBS LearningMedia, http://www.pbslearningmedia.org. Rights to use this asset do not expire. Asset Copyright MIT. Credits: Produced by: Elizabeth Choe, Editing and Animations by: Ceri Riley. Project funded by: MIT.



Date of broadcast: 17 Jun 2015


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