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Yes biologists use tiny tiny tweezers to change DNA (gregtech.eu)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hey baby, are you DNA helicase, because I wanna unzip your genes ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Isoprenoid 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wouldn't that be "are you DNA helicase, because I want you to unzip my genes?"

If the other person is the enzyme, then they are the unzipper.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I butchered it

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No no, that's a different enzyme to cut your DNA!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Exo- or endo-nuclease!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hey bebe, are you polyamerous, because I wanna split you between two canonical splice sites ๐Ÿ˜