Illustrating genomics

All these illustrations are great for teaching the tricky concepts of DNA and genetics in biology. Taken from our free learning resources at www.yourgenome.org
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Brilliant and clear illustration of the gene editing system called TALENs aka Transcription activator-like effector nucleases! The TALE domains bind to the DNA and the DNA-cutting enzymes edit the genome.
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Great and clear illustration of the Zinc-finger nucleases gene editing system! The zinc-finger proteins bind to the DNA and the DNA-cutting enzymes edit the genome.
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Beautifully clear illustration of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system!! A piece of RNA guides the Cas9 DNA-cutting enzyme that edits the genome.
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Hey! Trying to understand genome editing? Check out this great simple visual showing how this technology can add new DNA into a genome!
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Hey! Trying to understand genome editing? Check out this great simple visual showing how this technology can remove a section of DNA in a genome!
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Hey! Trying to understand genome editing? Check out this great simple visual showing how this technology can introduce a mutation into DNA!
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Simple illustration of the basic structure of an engineered nuclease, used for gene editing! The molecular scissors (nuclease) are attached to a guiding part that finds the specific DNA sections to cut. Amazing technology!
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Very interesting timeline (3/3) showing 15 babies and a healthcare worker from the same hospital affected by a genetically-related MRSA, a superbug resistant to antibiotics.
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Cool DNA phylogenetic tree! The DNA sequence from closely related individuals is more similar than that from distantly related individuals. Nicely visualised!
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Incredible animation of the spread of the current Cholera pandemic around the world. Three waves of cholera, and all coming from the same region of the Bay of Bengal!
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Our favourite illustration to explain the structure of the DNA double helix! The four bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine) are all colour-coded in the diagram, with labels for the main biological components: base pairs, hydrogen bonds, and 3 / 5 prime ends. Simple, clear and effective for teaching / learning genetics!
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Clear visual diagram of a deletion in a DNA sequence. In this mutation a base is removed from the sequence, changing the way the sequence is read (frameshift)!