Thenudist Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 So below, for your kind reference, is a bunch of DNA strands My question is, can you point to the dark purple areas and say, with confidence, that 'that portion of DNA strand is the dna that controls skin colour' or that little bit of light purple in the 5th section is the part that controls hair colour etc etc?
exchemist Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Thenudist said: So below, for your kind reference, is a bunch of DNA strands My question is, can you point to the dark purple areas and say, with confidence, that 'that portion of DNA strand is the dna that controls skin colour' or that little bit of light purple in the 5th section is the part that controls hair colour etc etc? This sheds some light on your question: https://knowyourdna.com/skin-color-genes/
Thenudist Posted November 11, 2023 Author Posted November 11, 2023 5 hours ago, exchemist said: This sheds some light on your question: https://knowyourdna.com/skin-color-genes/ only partially; my question was, can you determine, what part of a DNA strand, controls a certain physical attribute? For example, in the DNA strand below, what physical attribute does the first pink section represent?
iNow Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 No, especially since gene expression is environmentally dependent
exchemist Posted November 11, 2023 Posted November 11, 2023 53 minutes ago, Thenudist said: only partially; my question was, can you determine, what part of a DNA strand, controls a certain physical attribute? For example, in the DNA strand below, what physical attribute does the first pink section represent? I think the point of the link I provided is that in general a given characteristic may result from more than one bit of DNA. So there is not a one-to-one correspondence, in the way you were enquiring about. But I'm just a chemist, so not an expert on this stuff. There may be others here who can explain better.
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