Handy DNA Nucleotide Model

James Middleton

doi:10.1525/abt.2019.81.3.193

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James Middleton¹

¹JAMES MIDDLETON is a retired biology teacher, Jefferson County Public Schools, Golden, CO 80401; e-mail: jmiddlet@charter.net.

Abstract

A readily available resource to create a model for the study of DNA is the human hand. Students can recognize how structure and function of nucleotides determine structure and function of the DNA molecule by labeling parts of a gloved hand with the parts of a DNA molecule.

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James Middleton "Handy DNA Nucleotide Model," The American Biology Teacher 81(3), 193-196, (1 March 2019). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2019.81.3.193

Published: 1 March 2019