Baby’s First DNA Model

This toy (online pattern) is meant for a baby but I thought it would also be suitable as a birthday gift for my sister who is doing a PhD in Medical Genetics. It was a big hit. It knits up pretty quickly and I’m planning on making more for a few actual babies who will be arriving in the next few months. Between me, my sister and her roommate we’ve come up with the following ways of “improving” the model. I’m going to try to implement most of them:

• Made the backbones grey so the stuffing isn’t as visible and the look is less harsh
• Make the backbones slightly thinner
• Change the pink to red to conform with standard colours for the base pairs (which I’ve learnt are Blue = C, Yellow = G, Red = T and Green = A)
• If possible make a model in which the base pairs are attached with velcro so the model can be spilt in two
• Something about a pom pom and DNA methylation
• Have the sequence of base pairs code for something (but I’m not sure what)

Let me know if anyone else has any suggestions.