Take mutations, or spontaneous changes to a DNA sequence.

以突变或 DNA 序列的自发变化为例。

Being able to describe the DNA sequence allows scientists to identify important differences between individuals.

通过描述 DNA 序列，科学家们可以确定个体之间的重要差异。

The elephant cell will have the exact same DNA sequence as the woolly mammoth cell.

大象细胞的DNA序列与长毛象细胞完全相同。

Or they can program the CRISPR-Cas9 complex to insert a new DNA sequence to repair or edit a gene.

或者他们可以对CRISPR-Cas9复合体进行编辑，以插入新的DNA序列来修复或编辑基因。

It is collecting dust from different places and turning that dust which contains microbes into data, using DNA sequencing technology.

它从不同的地方收集灰尘，利用DNA测序技术将含有微生物的灰尘转化为数据。

George Church is one of many using a revolutionary gene-editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9, which allows you to modify DNA sequences.

乔治·丘奇是许多使用革命性基因编辑技术CRISPR-Cas9的人之一，这种技术可以修改DNA序列。

Animal chromosomes end with a DNA sequence called a telomere.

动物染色体以称为端粒的 DNA 序列结束。

Each human's complete DNA sequence is different than anyone else's.

每个人的完整 DNA 序列都与其他人不同。

I shed hair, skin cells, saliva, but I've never gotten my DNA sequenced.

我脱落了头发、皮肤细胞、唾液，但我从未对我的 DNA 进行过测序。

And they combed through those samples using software that recognized viral DNA sequences.

他们使用识别病毒 DNA 序列的软件梳理了这些样本。

And in total, they analyzed over 1200 DNA sequences from 26 populations worldwide.

他们总共分析了来自全球 26 个人群的 1200 多个 DNA 序列。

Analysing DNA sequences has now reached the public in the form of commercial genetic testing by companies such as Ancestry and 23andMe.

现在，DNA 序列分析已经通过 Ancestry 和 23andMe 等公司的商业基因测试形式进入公众视野。

Specifically, they looked at mitochondrial DNA sequences Which are passed unchanged down the maternal line.

他们目标明确的着手于线粒体的 DNA 顺序，这些 DNA 完全遗传于母系mitochondrial 英/ˌmaitəu'kɔndriəl/ 美/ˌmaitəu'kɔndriəl/ n。线粒体sequence 英/'siːkw(ə)ns/ 美/'sikwəns/ n。有关联的一组事物， 一连串，顺序， 连续maternal 英/mə'tɜːn(ə)l/ 美/mə'tɝnl/ a。母亲的；母性的；母系的；母体遗传的maternal line 母系。

When your DNA replicates, mistakes can be made that lead to changes in the DNA sequence.

当您的 DNA 复制时，可能会出现导致 DNA 序列发生变化的错误。

Next, they sent off samples of hyraxes, mostly collected from bushmeat markets, to have their DNA sequenced.

Bender：接下来，他们送走了蹄兔样本，主要是从野味市场收集的，以对它们的 DNA 进行测序。

And just like our genomes, microbial genomes contain genes or DNA sequences with instructions for growth and survival.

就像我们的基因组一样，微生物基因组包含带有生长和生存指令的基因或 DNA 序列。

They've encoded the entire DNA sequence of a woman who lived to one hundred and fifteen.

他们编码了一名115岁女性的全部DNA序列。

It's basically part of the bacteria's immune system — it remembers DNA sequences from attacking viruses and chops them up in specific places.

它基本上是细菌免疫系统的一部分——它记住攻击病毒的 DNA 序列，并在特定的地方将它们切碎。

" Cyber taxonomy" , for instance, involves feeding DNA sequences from animals into computers, which can quickly decide whether it is a new species.

例如，“网络分类学”涉及了将动物的DNA序列输入计算机，由此迅速确定它是否是一个新物种。

This cut can either disable the gene or allow scientists to insert or replace DNA sequences, effectively editing the gene.

这种切割可以使基因失效，也可以让科学家插入或替换 DNA 序列，从而有效地编辑基因。