Gattaca WAS: (Wired) Genetic tests of athlethic prowess- for babies...

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renaissanzelady wrote: " Gattaca was an inspiring and thought provoking

movie! "

It absolutely is! I have watched it more than once and each time, I

find something else in the movie to internalize.

The name " Gattaca " is composed entirely of the letters used to label

the nucleotide bases of DNA. The four nitrogen bases of DNA

(deoxyribonucleic acid) are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.

While " GATTACA " uses the 4 DNA nucleotide abbreviations of G,A,T,C,

more specifically, when identifying genetic markers, the tests

measure " short tandem repeats " at specific DNA marker locations.

These are known as " GATA or CA " repeats - hence GATTACA.

Cool, hey?

Raven