2011 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2011. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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Dr. Frosst-What is the biggest Punnett Square you have ever done? How long did it take?      Phyllis Frosst, Ph.D.: I am the Director of Collaborative Operations at the NIH center for translational therapeutics. Currently I work on projects such as the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases (TRND) program. Yikes. It's been a long time since I did Punnett squares, probably since freshman year in college. I the best of my ability to recall, a 4x4 was the biggest. As to time? Probably about as long as most of my classmates! The Children's Home of Reading in PA (7th grade student)

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