DNA

DNA is the long molecule that carries the instructions for building and running a living thing.

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Shelf: Tiny World
Kind: Built from a recipe
Sound: Yes
Hands-on: Yes
Licenses: CC0

How to play

Tap it to unzip it and zip it back up.

Its controls

Control	Kind	Start
Unzip and zip	Tap
Unzip	Button
Strand	Color	#5b8def
Partner	Color	#f06b9a

About it

DNA is the long molecule that carries the instructions for building and running a living thing. It is shaped like a twisted ladder, a double helix: two strands wind around each other, joined by pairs of bases, A with T and C with G, like the rungs.

Tap it and it unzips almost to the bottom, the bases lighting up in pairs as it opens, then zips back up. A cell unzips its DNA like this to copy it. In 1953 scientists worked out its shape, helped by Rosalind Franklin's X-ray pictures. The DNA in a typical human cell with a nucleus would stretch about 2 meters if pulled straight. Partner sets the matching strand's color.

Details

Splats: Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,995 at Low, and up to 300,000 at Max

Sources and credits

Work	By	License
Zipper Unzip 3 (Slow) .wav (dna-zipper.mp3)	RutgerMuller	CC0 1.0

Share it

This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.

https://splashery.app/play/?toy=dna

<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script>
<splashery-toy toy="dna"></splashery-toy>

DNA