DNA and Gene Cloning

for GCSE

It is advisable to wear safety goggles whilst in the lab.

 


Experiment 1: HUMAN CLONING

Look at these specimens. Are they human? Think carefully now.

ALMA BALDWIN
off "Coronation Street"

"Young guns, havin' some fun"

DNA match
"Oh shut up, Audrey"

ANDREW RIDGELEY
of 80's popsters
Wham! fame
 
MEL C
of pop Spice Girls fame

"Fuck off, Bobby"

DNA match
"I'll never be the same again"

MIKE NOLAN
of 80's popsters
Bucks Fizz fame
 
SALLY WEBSTER off
"Coronation Street"

"I'll give you the money meself"

DNA match
"Rohsie!  Sohfie!
Tea's ready!"

LES DENNIS
of "Family Fortunes" infamy
 
TOYAH BATTERSBY off
"Coronation Street"

"Resistance is futile"

DNA match
"Pass us the rolls, Roy"

SEVEN of NINE off
"Star Trek: Voyager"
 
Pop star
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA

"I can't do this one but I'll keep trying"

DNA match
"I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor"

"Countdown" maths brain
CAROL VORDERMAN
 
Actor and comedian
SANDRA BERNHARD

"Yes, it is art."

DNA match
"Madonna's a bitch!"

"Artist"
TRACEY EMIN
 
TOMMY ROSS from Stephen King's "Carrie"

"Dancin' with the captain"


DNA match
"I am not taking Carrie White to the prom!"

'70s pop star and "Just Good Friends" actor PAUL NICHOLAS  
Pop Idol
WILL YOUNG

"And that's all from the six o'clock news"

DNA match
"I think I'd better leave right now"

BBC Newsreader
SOPHIE RAWORTH
 
Tiresome
loudmouth
"Big Brother 5"
"activist"
KITTEN PINDER

"I want to sleep with common people"

DNA match
"Well, basically, like, it's just like, right, like, at the end of the day, like, right?"
Pulp's JARVIS COCKER  
The Cure's ROBERT SMITH
"It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it"

DNA match
"Why can't I be you?"


ex-Specials / Fun Boy Three vocalist
TERRY HALL
 
One half of TV twosome Ant and Dec, Geordie DECLAN DONNELLY
"Aye, Terry"

DNA match
"Let's get ready to rumble"

Geordie RODNEY BEWES off "The Likely Lads"  
HARRY POTTER
"Where's Scooby?"

DNA match
"Voldemort, my arse"

Scooby Doo's buddy VELMA  
pop-punk
BILLY IDOL

"They'll never take me alive"
DNA match
"It's a nice day to start again"
ex-Theatre of Hate / Spear of Destiny frontman KIRK BRANDON  
TV presenter
LOWRI TURNER

"And after the break: Marvellous Make-Overs"
DNA match
"And after the break:
More DIY Make-Overs"
TV presenter
FERN BRITTON
 
Eastenders star
JILL HALFPENNY

"I'm gonna take you to a gay bar"
DNA match
"I'm gonna take you to the Nail Bar"
Comedian
RHONA CAMERON
 
Strictly Come Dancing twinkletoes
ANTON DU BEKE

"I don't feel like I lost a wife, more like I gained a friend"
DNA match
"Bonjour darlings"
Comic actor
ROB BRYDON
 
CARLOS off Holby City
"Annie, I'm not your Daddy"
DNA match
"C'mon Trish, let's try again"
80's Coconut
KID CREOLE
 
ROGER O'DONNELL
ex-keyboardist for
The Cure

"Look, they need machines to fly!"
DNA match
"Goodbye, Robert"
URSA
off
Superman II
 
Comedian STEVE COOGAN
"Ken didn't get his paper, Rita"
DNA match
"Knowing me, knowing you,
a-ha!"

NORRIS COLE
off
Coronation Street

 
CAIN DINGLE
off
Emmerdale (Farm)

"Oh yes! We're all ladies and gentlemen around here!"
DNA match
"You're not goin' anywur Debbie!"

ARTFUL DODGER
off
Oliver!

 
DJ and
presenter
JO WHILEY

"I am your leader!"

DNA match
"Hot club Paris meets Manchester’s best white bop with a taste of the funk reinvented treasures of pop"

ZELDA
off
Terrahawks

 
Killing Joke frontman
JAZ COLEMAN

"That's the way to do it!"
DNA match
"A love like blood, a love like blood"
Judy's husband
(no, not Richard)
MR PUNCH
 
Il Divo crooner
CARLOS


"And our first contestant is a monster from Sesame Street!!"

DNA match
"O sole mio..."
Sesame Street's
GUY SMILEY
 
 

80s Presenter
MIke Smith


"This is the new one by Toto Coelo..."
DNA match
"Can you hear me, Noel?..."
80s DJ
Kid Jensen
 
Lloyd Cole
"What's the most talked about topic this week?"
DNA match
"It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam"
Jimmy Carr  

 

Experiment 2: GENE SPLICING

Look at these specimens, look at them closely.  Quick, get a stick!

Human / Amphibian Hybrids
MARTIN PLATT
off Coronation Street

"Yes, Miss Piggy?"
DNA match

"Oh alright, Gail!"
KERMIT the FROG

 

Human / Bird Hybrids

80s Darts Champion
ERIC BRISTOW


"Cheep Cheep"
DNA match

"Game on"
SIMON the BUDGIE

 

Human / Rodent Hybrids

GAIL TILSLEY
off Coronation Street

"Squeak Squeak"
DNA match

"Where's little Bethany?"
HAMMY the HAMSTER

 

Human / Protozoa Hybrids

WESTLIFE


"Glug"
DNA match
POND LIFE


"Flying without wings"