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This animated YouTube video, created by�Southwest Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), illustrates how DNA hybridization works in the context of nanofabrication. The animation and associated narration describe "DNA hybridization is when a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) molecule bonds with a complementary ssDNA molecule from another source forming a "hybrid". This animation shows a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) molecule dividing into two ssDNA strands. One ssDNA remains on the substrate as the "probe". A complementary ssDNA from another source (a ssDNA with a complementary base pair sequence) joins with the probe forming a 'hybrid'�dsDNA molecule." A supporting learning module and activities can be downloaded from the SCME website.

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• Health Sciences