2009 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2009. 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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Why do you like biology?      Mary Schueler, Ph.D.: I compare the DNA sequence of essential chromosomal regions from multiple primates to define functional changes that have occurred during evolution. I like biology because it studies basic elements of nature. How organisms work and live together and how they interact with their environment are fundamental questions. Learning about these things can help humans exist within their environment with better health and while taking better care of the world in which we live. East Haven High School in CT (10th grade student)

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