X-Nico

99 unusual facts about DNA


Acer nipponicum

A ribosomal DNA study of Acer species in 2006 placed A. nipponicum along with the related A.caudatum near the base of the phylogenetic trees recovered.

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Establishes a national database which will incorporate the use of DNA evidence collection and DNA registry and tracking of convicted sex offenders with Global Positioning System technology.

African forest elephant

The DNA tests, however, indicated the two populations were much more different than previously believed.

Aimee Willard

With DNA evidence, her killer was identified as ex-convict Arthur Bomar, who was charged with and convicted of her murder.

Alkyl phosphate

For example, high energy metabolites such as ATP and PEP are alkyl phosphates, as are nucleic acids such as DNA and RNA.

Amy Mihaljevic

Bay Village police collected DNA samples from several potential suspects in the case in December 2006.

An End to the Means

It is not a match to her own DNA but a paternal match to a man named Mohammed Khan.

Andreas Paraschos

From that point began the process of exhumations and identification through the scientific method of DNA.

Andrew Vachss

He's so committed to his family of choice—not his DNA-biological family, which tortured him, or the state which raised him, but the family that he chose—that homicide is a natural consequence of injuring any of that family.

Asarum

Study of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA, combined with morphological data, have yielded a better-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis, confirming the distinctiveness of the above-named genera.

Ashikaga murder case

In 2009, when his DNA was checked again against the evidence, it conclusively showed that he was innocent.

Asuragen

Offerings include RNA, MicroRNA and DNA based molecular diagnostic products providing identification of genetic abnormalities associated with oncology and genetic diseases.

Bathsheba Grossman

Her website also has crystals that have been laser etched with three-dimensional patterns, including models of nearby stars, the DNA macromolecule, and the Milky Way Galaxy.

Bavarian State Police

One day later the murderer was arrested through a DNA analysis match and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Bengt Nordén

He has developed novel DNA-binding ligands, such as bis-intercalating compounds and peptide nucleic acids (PNA), and demonstrated DNA-ligand reorganisations between groove-binding and intercalation binding geometries involving extreme activation energies and recognition due to kinetic (in contrast to thermodynamic) selection.

Brazilian large-eyed stingray

In 2006, Leticia de Almeida Leao Vaz and colleagues published a phylogenetic analysis, based on genomic DNA, of the Brazilian large-eyed stingray and three other common stingrays found off Brazil: the southern stingray (D. americana), the longnose stingray (D. guttata), and the roughtail stingray (D. centroura).

Bronze Soldier of Tallinn

The initial DNA analysis revealed 11 male and 1 female among those 12 found at the site.

Brushy Bill Roberts

In 2003 Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan, Capitan, New Mexico Mayor Steve Sederwall, and De Baca County, New Mexico Sheriff Gary Graves began a campaign to exhume the remains of Billy the Kid and his mother, Catherine Antrim, to prove it was in fact Billy the Kid buried in Fort Sumner through DNA.

Canarium mutabile

The cladogram was based on DNA sequences of both nuclear histone H3 and mitochondrial cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) protein-coding gene regions.

Canna speciosa

speciosa to be a synonym of C. indica L., however, Tanaka's DNA assays demonstrate that the C. indica complex can be clearly distinguished from other taxa, as a result he recognises this as a separate species.

Citation index

In an early study in 1964 of the use of Citation Analysis in writing the history of DNA, Garfield and Sher demonstrated the potential for generating historiographs, topological maps of the most important steps in the history of scientific topics.

Cleomaceae

These genera were previously included in the family Capparaceae, but were raised to a distinct family when DNA evidence suggested that the genera included in it are more closely related to Brassicaceae than they are to Capparaceae.

Colostrinin

A 2006 study published in the Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology indicated that Colostrinin may have an impact on the aging process by reducing the spontaneous or induced mutation frequency in the DNA of cells.

Cornell Chimes

However, subsequent morphological, chemical, and DNA analysis by faculty members and undergraduates confirmed that it was indeed a pumpkin.

Cytarabine

Cytosine normally combines with a different sugar, deoxyribose, to form deoxycytidine, a component of DNA.

Decipherment

The term has also been used to describe the analysis of the genetic code information encoded in DNA - see the Human Genome Project article for more on this.

Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist

It is eventually revealed that Zap was created to be a powerful weapon by an evil scientist who used his own DNA to create Zap's human side.

Dialysis tubing

In the context of life science research, dialysis tubing is typically used in the sample clean-up and processing of proteins and DNA samples or complex biological samples such as blood or serum.

Enzo Paoletti

Enzo Paoletti is an Italian scientist who devised a strategy to produce recombinant DNA vaccines.

Evolution in Variable Environment

EVE operates under the “central dogma,” the assumption that all biochemical pathways proceed through the following steps: DNA => RNA => protein.

Fever Abduction

It has the possible theory of a DNA transfer from the alien intelligence to human bodies.

Force spectroscopy

In this way a great deal has been learned in recent years about the mechanochemical coupling in the enzymes responsible for muscle contraction, transport in the cell, energy generation (F1-ATPase), DNA replication and transcription (polymerases), DNA unknotting and unwinding (topoisomerases and helicases), and so on.

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Common applications of force spectroscopy are measurements of polymer elasticity, especially biopolymers such as RNA and DNA.

Furness General Hospital

FGH is home to the laboratory where a DNA test was conducted on the body recovered from the infamous Bluebird K7 crash which turned out to be Donald Campbell.

General feature format

The general feature format (gene-finding format, generic feature format, GFF) is a file format used for describing genes and other features of DNA, RNA and protein sequences.

George Poinar, Jr.

In 1992 a team consisting of Poinar, his wife, his son Hendrik, and Dr. Raúl J. Cano of California Polytechnic State University successfully extracted insect DNA from a Lebanese weevil in amber that was 125 million years old, but more recent studies of ancient DNA cast doubt on the results.

HIST1H2BH

Two molecules of each of the four core histones (H2A, H2B, H3, and H4) form an octamer, around which approximately 146 bp of DNA is wrapped in repeating units, called nucleosomes.

Homo

The nuclear DNA results indicate about 30% of derived alleles in H. sapiens are also in the Neanderthal lineage.

Hypoxanthine

In August 2011, a report, based on NASA studies with meteorites found on Earth, was published suggesting hypoxanthine and related organic molecules, including the DNA and RNA components adenine and guanine, may have been formed extraterrestrially in outer space.

Ian Gallagher

The truth is uncovered when Ian undergoes DNA testing in hopes of proving that Frank is not his biological father.

Indonesia–Madagascar relations

According to an extensive new mitochondrial DNA study, native Malagasy people today can likely trace their genetic heritage back to 30 different mothers from Indonesia.

Iraqw people

The Iraqw's autosomal DNA has been examined in a comprehensive study by Tishkoff et al. (2009) on the genetic affiliations of various populations in Africa.

Iron Helix

No longer recognized due to the changes in their DNA, the O'Briens security robot, simply known as "the Ship's Defender", assumes they are invaders and kills them.

Jayne Furlong

Her remains were discovered buried deep under a sand dune at Sunset Beach in Port Waikato on 19 May 2012, being identified by DNA.

Jerry Sheindlin

He is the author of two books, Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of DNA Evidence and Blood Trail.

Joyce Gilchrist

Gilchrist earned the nickname "Black Magic" for her ability to match DNA evidence that other forensic examiners could not.

Julius Ruffin and Arthur Lee Whitfield

Whitfield was released by Virginia authorities in August 2004, when a Norfolk prosecutor said DNA evidence proved Whitfield did not commit the two rapes.

Kerry Babies Tribunal

In 2004, Joanne Hayes offered to undergo DNA testing to establish that she was not the mother of the baby on the beach.

Lead shielding

Without a lead shield, the electrons within a person’s body would be affected, which could damage their DNA and cause cancer.

Linear dichroism

The predominant use of LD currently is in the study of bio-macromolecules (e.g. DNA) as well as synthetic polymers.

Madison Hemings

Based on historical and DNA evidence, historians widely agree that Jefferson was likely the father of all Hemings' children.

Magnetic tweezers

Most commonly magnetic tweezers are used to study mechanical properties of biological macromolecules like DNA or proteins in single-molecule experiments.

Marine bacteriophage

Marine phages, although microscopic and essentially unnoticed by scientists until recently, appear to be the most abundant and diverse form of DNA replicating agent on the planet.

Maxillary lateral incisor agenesis

Anthropologically-interesting human remains often have relatively well preserved skeletons, but no soft tissues or intact DNA.

Melamine cyanurate

Melamine and cyanuric acid form a jigsaw puzzle-like two-dimensional hydrogen bonding network because of the complementarity of the two compounds, similar to DNA base pairing.

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The complex is held together by an extensive two-dimensional network of hydrogen bonds between the two compounds, reminiscent to that seen in DNA base pairing.

Mendocino County GMO Ban

GMOs are commonly considered to be any organism whose DNA has been modified by human intervention.

Mixed-race Brazilian

According to some DNA researches, Brazilians predominantly possess some degree of mixed-race ancestry, though less than half of the country's population classified themselves as "pardos" in the census.

Murder of Glenn Kopitske

Lawyers suggested that DNA evidence suggested the theory that Hirte killed Kopitske just to see if he could get away with it was not true.

Myxozoa

As their distinct nature became clear through 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequencing, they were relocated in the metazoa.

Nicholas Calabrese

While on the stand, Calabrese stated that his association with the Chicago Outfit dated to May 1970, and that he began cooperating with the government in January 2002, after federal investigators confronted him with a bloody glove containing his DNA that he had inadvertently dropped at the scene of the Fecarotta slaying.

Northwest Airlines Flight 4422

Subsequently, using DNA from a descendant of Van Zandt, Dr. Odile Loreille, an expert in DNA analysis, was also able to identify the remains using mitochondrial and Y-DNA identification.

Nucleoside analogue

Once they are phosphorylated, they work as antimetabolites by being similar enough to nucleotides to be incorporated into growing DNA strands; but they act as chain terminators and stop viral DNA Polymerase.

Ophidian 2350

Combat consists of one team pitted against another, and though competitors often die, the gladiators' DNA is often taken before the match to resurrect the fallen warrior.

Pallid sturgeon

To better protect the pallid sturgeon from extinction, research on its DNA and that of other closely related species was conducted to assess the differences within various populations of pallid sturgeon, and the differences between pallid and shovelnose sturgeon.

Peter Dupas

With Dupas in custody, police were able to obtain a DNA sample, linking him to the 1997 murder of Maher.

Petuvirus

The genus Petuvirus belongs to the family Caulimoviridae and is classified under group VII DNA reverse transcribing viruses.

Photopheresis

8-Methoxypsoralen irreversibly binds covalently to both strands of the DNA of nucleated cells following photoactivation.

Pittsburgh Gifted Center

Some of these classes may further expand on a subject for traditional school (for example, there is a Genetics class that goes into greater depth in the study of DNA than normal school classes) or they may deal with a radically different subject (for example, one teacher has trigonometry course).

Pooper-scooper

DNA samples would be required when pet licenses come up for renewal.

Prüm Convention

The Convention was adopted so as to enable the signatories to exchange data regarding DNA, fingerprints and Vehicle registration of concerned persons and to cooperate against terrorism.

Radiobiology evidence for protons and HZE nuclei

Heavy-ion-induced effects on telomere stability have also been studied using siRNA (small interfering ribonucleic acid) knockdown for components of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) in human lymphoblasts.

Ray Krone

On April 8, 2002, Krone left prison after DNA evidence proved that he did not murder the victim.

Rosa fedtschenkoana

Recent DNA research has discovered that R. fedtschenkoana is one of the parents of the damask group of garden roses (the other species involved being R. moschata and R. gallica).

Rudolf Podgornik

His field of research is the physics of soft matter, the physics of coulomb fluids and macromolecular interactions, the Lifshitz theory of dispersion interaction, the physics of membranes, polymers and polyelectrolytes and especially the physics of DNA and viruses.

Saavik

In Pandora Principle, Saavik, unlike the other half-Vulcan, half-Romulan child survivors, refuses a DNA test that would identify her Vulcan relatives.

Saethre–Chotzen syndrome

Prenatal testing is usually performed around 15–18 weeks, using amniocentesis to extract DNA from the fetus's cells.

Saskatchewan Research Council

SRC’s GenServe Laboratories carry out DNA-based testing for plants, cattle and other livestock.

Skinner v. Switzer

The case concerns the route by which a prisoner may obtain biological DNA material for testing, to challenge his conviction; whether through a civil rights suit or a habeas corpus petition.

Snow Leopard Conservancy

This is done using remote camera traps, fecal DNA sampling and GPS-satellite collars to study movements and corridor analysis to find areas to target for conservation efforts.

Spectrophotometer for Nucleic Acid Measurements

Analysis of nucleic acids is commonly performed to determine the average concentrations of DNA or RNA present in a mixture, as well as their purity.

Spumavirus

The virions contain significant amounts of double-stranded full-length DNA, and assembly is rather unusual in these viruses.

Streptocarpus

DNA studies have shown that, despite not having a twisted fruit, the genus Saintpaulia (African Violets) evolved from within the Tanzanian Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella.

Superinfection

The incoming phage can inject its DNA into the cell, but the DNA is immediately repressed and no transcription of genes or translation of phage proteins initiates.

Swona

Because of this, DNA samples have been taken, from the ears of some of the cattle that died.

Tail Sting

The scorpions excessive size is blamed on the fact they were cloned and engineered using DNA from "loads of things", including prehistoric scorpions.

Tamika Huston

The investigation’s biggest break came when the Spartanburg Public Safety Department discovered that a key found in the Honda had been matched to an apartment unit located at the Fremont School Apartment complex and blood evidence found in that Spartanburg apartment matched Tamika Huston’s DNA.

Tanja von Lahnstein

To be sure, Tanja takes a look at the DNA test that was done by Carla, who wanted to expose Maria as an impostor.

The Pirate Bay raid

Mikael Viborg, the legal advisor to The Pirate Bay, was arrested at his apartment, brought in for questioning, forced to submit a DNA sample and had his electronic equipment seized.

The Stranger Beside Me

DNA testing linked that killing to an ex-convict named William Cosden, who was subsequently tried and convicted of her murder.

The Ultimates 3

Pym and Wasp discover the truth about the Ultron robot, which has adopted the identity of Yellowjacket, and uses the Ultimates' DNA to create a series of android duplicates.

Topotecan

Topoisomerase-I is a nuclear enzyme that relieves torsional strain in DNA by opening single strand breaks.

Transmission of hepadnaviruses

Hepadnaviruses are Group VII viruses that possess double-stranded DNA genomes and replicate using reverse transcriptase.

Trevor Goodchild

Among the major changes is that he is shown to be in a power struggle with his brother (a character not featured in the TV series), and as part of the film's cloning-related plotline, it is revealed that Trevor is a seventh-generation clone created from DNA from the original Trevor Goodchild of the early 21st century, who had been married to a pre-clone version of Æon Flux.

Trichloroacetic acid

It is widely used in biochemistry for the precipitation of macromolecules, such as proteins, DNA, and RNA.

Verena Becker

DNA evidence however indicates that Becker probably did not take part in the killing.

Wearside Jack

As a result of this cold case review, DNA from envelopes sent by Humble as part of the hoax were matched in the United Kingdom National DNA Database with samples police had obtained from Humble in an unrelated incident in 2000, when he had been arrested and cautioned for being drunk and disorderly.

Yusuf Bey

Oakland's district attorney's office claimed to have conclusive DNA evidence identifying Bey as the father.

Zulkifli Abdhir

The Malaysian government asked for official DNA comparison on what was believed to be Abdhir's body to the DNA of one of Abdhir's siblings.


2054

In the Justice League Unlimited series, the episode Epilogue takes place in this year, 15 years after the events of Batman Beyond, with 31 year old Terry McGinnis confronting Amanda Waller after discoveirng he shares Bruce Wayne's DNA.

Adoption detective

The biological science of genetics, which began with the work of Gregor Mendel in the mid-nineteenth century, seeks to understand the process of inheritance and the physical basis for heredity in our DNA.

Agkistrodon bilineatus taylori

Elevated to species status by Parkinson, Zamudio and Greene (2000) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences.

Aharon Razin

In 2011 he received the Canada Gairdner Award from the Gairdner Foundation, together with Howard Cedar and Adrian Peter Bird, for their "pioneering discoveries on DNA methylation and its role in gene expression."

Alanna Schepartz

Her research has contributed to three different areas of chemical biology: protein-DNA recognition and transcriptional activation; the development of miniature proteins that bind specifically and with high affinity to protein and DNA; and the development of β-peptides as protein ligands and as building blocks of protein-like architectures.

Ampelography

Ampelography (ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, 'writing') is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, Vitis spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of the vine leaves and grape berries; more recently the study of vines has been revolutionised by DNA fingerprinting.

Avian sarcoma leukosis virus

Much debate in the scientific community surrounded this issue until DNA integration was demonstrated by Temin in 1968 and reverse transcriptase was independently discovered by both Temin and David Baltimore in 1970.

Bernd Brinkmann

In 2000, Brinkmann together with Jean-Jacques Cassiman used DNA testing to prove that Louis XVII of France who died in captivity as a 10-year-old was indeed the son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette.

Bruce Ponder

He carried out his PhD studies with Lionel Crawford in London working on chromatin organisation and DNA sequence specificity using polyoma virus.

Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad

Among other scientific examination facilities the laboratory also provides the facilities for DNA examination and cyber forensics.

Dissociation curve

Melting curve analysis, a biochemical technique relying on heat-dependent dissociation between two DNA strands

DNA glycosylase

Four different uracil-DNA glycosylase activities have been identified in mammalian cells, including UNG, SMUG1, TDG, and MBD4.

DNA ligase

It plays a role in repairing single-strand breaks in duplex DNA in living organisms, but some forms (such as DNA ligase IV) may specifically repair double-strand breaks (i.e. a break in both complementary strands of DNA).

Fecal occult blood

The test looks at 23 individual DNA alterations, including 21 specific point alterations in the APC, KRAS and p53 genes, as well as testing BAT26, a gene involved in microsatellite instability (MSI).

GWAS Central

It was first released in August 1998, focusing on providing a centralized collection of known human single nucleotide polymorphisms and other simple DNA variants.

Gypsy horse

All of the North American Gypsy Horse and Drum Horse registries employ the Animal Genetics Research Laboratory of the University of Kentucky to perform DNA analysis and maintain a database of registered horses' DNA markers.

Haplogroup R-M173

In Indigenous Americans groups, R-M173 is the most common haplogroup after the various Q-M242, especially in North America in Ojibwe people at 79%, Chipewyan 62%, Seminole 50%, Cherokee 47%, Dogrib 40% and Papago 38%.

Hourman

Another Hourman, an android from the 853rd century that was modeled on Rex Tyler's DNA, served with both the Justice League and the Justice Society for a time.

Hugo Van Heuverswyn

He obtained a chemistry degree at University of Ghent in 1971, and he obtained a Ph.D. at the Department of Molecular Biology, under Prof. Walter Fiers, where together with his colleagues, he determined for the first time the structure and regulatory mechanisms of a complete viral DNA genome: the virus SV40.

Human Genome Sciences

HGS had a partnership for several years after its founding with Craig Venter and his non-profit TIGR to begin sequencing and submitting patents on hundreds of thousands of protein-encoding DNA fragments.

Jean-Jacques Cassiman

Jean-Jacques Cassiman has done work in the field of human genetics and DNA research.

Ketevan the Martyr

Niraj Rai of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India carried out ancient DNA analysis on these human bone remains excavated from the St. Augustine convent by sequencing and genotyping of the Mitochondrial DNA.

Kid Amazo

As Amazo, merely an advanced robot, failed, the next approach would be to cross bio-mechanical material from Amazo's body with human ova and DNA, in order to obtain a cyborg being who would exhibit the best traits of both human and artificial life.

Lil' Miss murder

Entering the DNA profile into law enforcement's CODIS database got a hit showing that it belonged to Dale Wayne Eaton, 57, of Moneta, Wyoming, who, at the time, was incarcerated in Englewood federal prison at Littleton, Colorado, on an unrelated weapons charge.

Mary Brown Bullock

The biggest structural achievement during Bullock's reign was the $36.5 million Science Center that includes a three-story length painting of Agnes Scott's actual DNA, along with state-of-the-art equipment in all the labs.

Molecular drive

Molecular drive is a term coined by Gabriel Dover in 1982 to describe evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms.

Murder of Sally Anne Bowman

In October 2006, Dixie's DNA was sent to Western Australia to be tested against that of the DNA evidence in the Claremont serial killer case between 1996 and 1997, as it is believed he was in the area at the time of the killings, and may have committed them.

Oragene

Oragene is the tradename for a non-invasive self-collection DNA kit that allows extraction of DNA from saliva, developed by DNA Genotek, a branch of OraSure Technologies.

Orchid Cellmark

Orchid Cellmark is a DNA testing company offering a DNA paternity testing service in Europe.

Phage major coat protein

These bacteriophages are flexible rods, about one to two micrometres long and six nm in diameter, with a helical shell of protein subunits surrounding a DNA core.

Robin Holliday

The main focus of his experimental work was the epigenetic control of gene expression by DNA methylation in CHO cells.

Sage Group

In an interview with The Times, the CEO of Sage's UK business stated that: "Acquisitions are part of our DNA".

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

SERS can be used to target specific DNA and RNA sequences using a combination of gold and silver nanoparticles and Raman-active dyes, such as Cy3.

University of North Texas Health Science Center

It also conducts all DNA analysis for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.