What Knowledge Have You Connected #2

Biochemistry is a field that is constantly changing and adapting due to new discoveries and technologies. It is a science that utilizes many of the other science fields to explain the complicated topics that biochemistry focuses on. Recently we have discussed, in detail, the processes of transcription and translation. Having a background of biology and chemistry is key to being able to understand what eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA is capable of. Their importance to, not only biochemists but also geneticists and other scientists, reinforce how important these topics are to students and is why they are discussed in such detail in a biochemistry course. I can remember studying Okazaki fragments and polymerases in high school and thinking to myself how complicated the process of DNA replication seemed at that time. I now look back and am thankful for the background information I attained, no matter how simplified it was, because it has been extremely useful to me. Not just in aiding the learning of this more complicated version of it but also in realizing the importance of DNA and a cells ability to create and recreate.