Hank introduces us to that wondrous molecule deoxyribonucleic acid – also known as DNA – and explains how it replicates itself in our cells. References: http://www.nature.com/nature/dna50/watsoncrick.pdf http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/thenewgenetics/chapter1.html http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect20/A12.html http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/discovery-of-dna-structure-and-function-watson-397 http://www.uic.edu/classes/phys/phys461/phys450/ANJUM04/ http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dna-replication-steps.html http://www.dnareplication.info/stepsofdnareplication.php... Read more »
Hank describes mitosis and cytokinesis – the series of processes our cells go through to divide into two identical copies. References: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/wifb-amm020812.php http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20101/bio%20101%20lectures/mitosis/mitosis.htm http://www.genome.gov/Images/press_photos/highres/97-300.jpg http://www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v2/n1/fig_tab/nrm0101_072a_F1.html https://www.genome.gov/Glossary/index.cfm?p=viewimage&id=33 http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/multimedia/mitosis/mitosis_gif2.html Table of Contents 1. Mitosis... Read more »
