DNA Zipper
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DNA
Zipper
Build the matching half of a DNA strand, twist it into a helix, then unzip it and watch it copy itself.
A
Adenine
T
Thymine
G
Guanine
C
Cytosine
Auto-build
Twist it
Unzip
Copy!
New DNA
Speed
What's happening
Build the other half
Counting
Base pairs built
0 / 10
Hydrogen bonds holding the rungs
0
Letters in YOUR DNA
3 billion pairs
Reading 1 letter a second
~98 years
DNA in one cell, stretched out
~2 meters
Width of DNA
2 nm
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