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From “The Secret of Life” series (PBS, 1993), Part I: “The Immortal Thread”
During his time in the Slocan Valley, what kinds of questions sparked David Suzuki’s interest in biology?
What is the “thread” that holds the answer to many of David’s questions about life?
Under what environmental conditions does Karl Stetter believe life on Earth originated?
Approximately how many “letters” make up the human genome?
How do scientists retrieve DNA of extinct insects in order to compare it to that of living insects?
Which organ did Craig Venter’s team use to investigate the human genome? Why did they choose this organ?
What about the cellular biology of the nematode worm makes it so much easier to study than humans or other large animals?
How was Paul Nurse able to repair his mutant yeast cells, allowing them to divide normally?
Why are some human genes, such as the gene for cell division, so similar to the genes of distant relatives such as the nematode worm?
What is the paradox that David Suzuki describes during the final moments of the film?
Explanation / Answer
q.During his time in the Slocan Valley, what kinds of questions sparked David Suzuki’s interest in biology?
ans. The questions that sparked David Suzuki`s interests were that why and how the living things were different from non living things.
q.What is the “thread” that holds the answer to many of David’s questions about life?
Ans. The immortal threy they are talking about is DNA.
q.Under what environmental conditions does Karl Stetter believe life on Earth originated?
ans. life evolved in the deep ocean, near a hydrothermal vent without oxygen.
q.Approximately how many “letters” make up the human genome?
ans. 4 letters A,G,T,C make up the human genome.
q.How do scientists retrieve DNA of extinct insects in order to compare it to that of living insects?
ans, If the insect has been found buried in amber. Then its tissue extracts can be studied to sequence the DNA and after studying what is the sequence of DNA present in those ancient insects letter by letter a new insect can be made artificially on this basis.
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