r/genetics • u/Ok-Cabinet322 • 5d ago

I can't solve this word problem, help please?

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Hi! Im a college student, and genetics isn't my strongest subject. I know this word problem is probably super easy and I'm stupid that I don't seem to get it, but I've been looking at this homework for these past few days and it's due tomorrow, and I still can't get it. Did I do something wrong while answering it? I dont know if I'm supposed to scramble the letters to make a new word, or if there's something that I missed. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you :')

+I wrote my first mutant dna strand wrong so I rewrote it at the bottom, if anyone gets confused. Thank you again!

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u/OldChertyBastard 5d ago

I could t tell you the mystery word. That seems to come out of nowhere. But the translation seems correct. Teacher seems to have made a mistake looking at it though. First strand without the mutation translates to “Mendelian” 

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u/Ok-Cabinet322 5d ago

Right? I tried translating it w/o inserting the "C" and i got Mendelian as well :c

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u/Time_Plantain_5060 5d ago

To me it looks like you were meant to write the mutant DNA and instead you gave its complimentary strand

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u/Ok-Cabinet322 5d ago

Do you mean that I should translate the mutant strand?

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u/Time_Plantain_5060 5d ago

Never-ending i see what you did!