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From the Ted Talk by Karissa Sanbonmatsu: The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain

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So here we're _______ the DNA making up an entire gene folded into very specific shapes of knots. For the first time, my team has simulated an entire gene of DNA — the largest biomolecular simulation performed to date. For the first time, we're _________ to understand the ________ _______ of how hormones trigger the formation of these knots.

DNA knot formation can be seen beautifully in calico cats. The decision between orange and black happens early on in the womb, so that orange-and-black patchy pattern, it's an _____ readout of what happened when that cat was just a tiny little kitten ______ inside her mom's womb. And the patchy pattern actually happens in our ______ and in cancer. It's directly related to intellectual disability and ______ ______.

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  2. cancer
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  5. beginning
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  8. unsolved
  9. problem

Original Text


So here we're showing the DNA making up an entire gene folded into very specific shapes of knots. For the first time, my team has simulated an entire gene of DNA — the largest biomolecular simulation performed to date. For the first time, we're beginning to understand the unsolved problem of how hormones trigger the formation of these knots.

DNA knot formation can be seen beautifully in calico cats. The decision between orange and black happens early on in the womb, so that orange-and-black patchy pattern, it's an exact readout of what happened when that cat was just a tiny little kitten embryo inside her mom's womb. And the patchy pattern actually happens in our brains and in cancer. It's directly related to intellectual disability and breast cancer.

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