Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This animation demonstrates how a short DNA sequence, that remains constant within a species but shows variation between species, can be used in a DNA-based method to identify organisms.
Suitable for high school biology / secondary science classes on genetics and inheritance.
Animation partially funded by a Royal Society Partnership Grant.
Project team: Emma Garlick, Adam Rash, Karen Stephens, Laura Olivares Boldú, Giulia Ponti and Elisa Lucaccini.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
You are free to share and adapt this material, provided attribution is given.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Attribution: Created by the Wellcome Sanger Institute for www.yourgenome.org, released under CC BY 4.0.
More DNA learning resources: yourgenome.org
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOZ55MwDaD9WoxSHQvvyOw64pcauGUBJN&si=oS8W_JGiy5eWdGu9
This animation demonstrates how a short DNA sequence, that remains constant within a species but shows variation between species, can be used in a DNA-based method to identify organisms.
Suitable for high school biology / secondary science classes on genetics and inheritance.
Animation partially funded by a Royal Society Partnership Grant.
Project team: Emma Garlick, Adam Rash, Karen Stephens, Laura Olivares Boldú, Giulia Ponti and Elisa Lucaccini.
This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).
You are free to share and adapt this material, provided attribution is given.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Attribution: Created by the Wellcome Sanger Institute for www.yourgenome.org, released under CC BY 4.0.
More DNA learning resources: yourgenome.org
Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOZ55MwDaD9WoxSHQvvyOw64pcauGUBJN&si=oS8W_JGiy5eWdGu9
