Blame it on the DNA

Lyrics by Mr. Cortez (Hogan High School) and Tom McFadden.

DISCLAIMER: We wrote this song to get students excited about the basics of protein synthesis and how proteins can affect phenotypes, including disease phenotypes. Note that very few things in life can actually be "blamed on DNA", and we hope you don't walk away from this video with that message. We also don't want to make light of the seriousness of genetic disease - just to help people understand its basis.

Animations by Drew Berry, via Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Available with narration at:
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/animations/index.html

Stanford Protein Synthesis Video available on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dhO0iCLww

Thanks to D Davis for the Regulatin Genes shoutout.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• dna
• rna
• transcription
• translation
• protein synthesis
• ribosome
• genetic disease
• genes
• phenotype

[OysterOfDoom]

Other than UV radiation causing pyrimidine dimers rather than point mutations, I approve!

[tomcfad]

@OysterOfDoom haha - i agree. that verse has some trouble doesn't it? plus the UV mutation somehow leads to albinism (some serious germ line vs. somatic mutation issues there).

[freakyfreak625]

My teacher is obsessed with this video....

[WONDERCeeTee]

2:30 - the left guy is HOT !! <3 Haha ;)

[Chomskyist226]

This was beautiful

[scottyboy819]

Im 7th grade and we r having an exam on this tommorow than for the video it helped me understand it more:)

[NothinButMeForYou]

My teacher showed this to my class and I thought it was awesome! I was wondering if it's okay with you that I make an a capella arrangement of this?

[animecosplayhero]

iam in grade 9 and im learning this right know and learned a bit last year

[The1GreatEscape]

@tomcfad *nods and pretende I know what you're talking about*

haha!  I'm only in 9th grade Bio 1. I've got a LOT to learn....

[blackbirds5]

I blame absolutly everything on DNA... I don't injure myself. I have gentic predisposition...

[oddyseus052692]

can you amke a song about genomic sequencing? pls?

[monicalionel]

Lol I amm use dis