Talk:DNA

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Compressed Representation

Does anyone have information about the recent news that DNA is in a compressed form and that the "junk" is actually part of the decompression mechanics? (kind of like a zip file) That would be an important addition to this article. Actually, it makes sense that the genome would be in the most compressed state to make reproduction efficient.

Merger proposal

The Naked DNA page is unnecessary and any worthwhile information should be merged with DNA. All that is really needed is for the DNA#Extracellular_nucleic_acids section to define what "naked" means in the context of DNA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.119.202.254 (talk) 21:53, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

Controversial 3-parent baby technique produces a boy

FYI - Controversial 3-parent baby technique produces a boy - [1]. Regards. 108.41.202.191 (talk) 03:50, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

intro major error

lipids are not a biopolymer also this is incomprehensible The structure of DNA is non-static,[10] all species comprises two helical chains each coiled round the same axis, and each with a pitch of 34 ångströms (3.4 nanometres) and a radius of 10 ångströms (1.0 nanometre).[11] According to another stu

what the heck is non static ? i've earned a pay check working with dna for 30 years, and I don't think i've ever heard this term PS: angstroms are, as they say, a deprecated unit the strands are referred to in multiple ways; please be consistent matter of fact, the writing more or less sucks; you introduce the term backbone without any reference...

please delete the science fiction fantasy about arsenic

this article is why wiki is never gonna amount to much; DNA is surely in the top 0.1% of importantce, and this article sucks big time forgive me, but i'm really mad — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cinnamon colbert (talk • contribs) 00:59, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

50.82.140.156 (talk) 23:18, 22 March 2017 (UTC)Picture 51 was taken by Raymond Gosling under the supervision of Rosalind Franklin. Gosling should not be whited out to suit someone's agenda even if that agenda is the (in my view merited) argument that Franklin's contribution was at some level under-appreciated.50.82.140.156 (talk) 23:16, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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I have two suggestions to improve the DNA Wikipedia page. First, I think a different picture should be displayed as the first image on the page. The image that is shown now attempts to describe how atoms are arranged on a DNA strand, depicting the specific elements that DNA is composed of, and naming specific locations such as major grooves, minor grooves, pyrimidines and purines. I think this picture should be replaced with an imagine that displays how a sugar, a phosphate, and how the four nitrogen-containing nuclebases are arranged on human DNA since the context next to the picture illustrates that and nothing about the elements or grooves. Giving a visual representation that correlates with the reading helps to digest and understand the topics at hand. Second, in the subsection "properties," I think the directionality of DNA should be explained in more depth. Adding that the 5'-to-3' direction of DNA is important because this is the only direction nucleic acids can be synthesized when they are alive. The energy produced by breaking nucleoside triphosphate bonds is used to construct various types of new strands. With this energy, new nucleoside monophosphates can connect to the 3'-hydroxyl group. The direction of the DNA can also be described as going upstream, towards the 5'-end, or downstream, towards the 3'-end. With this additional information, links must be connected to words such as: nucleoside triphosphate, monophosphates, hydroxyl, upstream, and downstream.

ZeleenOndriezek (talk) 17:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC)Zeleen Ondriezek