Solve the hidden messages
You're going to see how the body knows how to work, using a bit of machinery called the spliceosome. Gain points from decoding the hidden messages and see how good a spliceosome you are!
Content
Can you read the messages below? Find a hidden word in each line and put them together to build the message. There's a hint underneath to show you how many letters should be in each word of the message.
Message number one
1 KDOLWBUCYOURIQEHFBGPLIGKDBVZXW
2 SAHGFIPLTRDNBHGDVBODYVOJUYSMNH
3 CONTAINSJVXCDEQWPOYUJFHYRTEMDI
4 MONCIKJEYXOTGWDINSTRUCTIONSWYH
5 LNAFXFORQSNYQNVZODSLWKKDJFENAI
6 JNZNCQPTYIWBGLNCKMPLIFEXXGHKML
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Message number two
1 KDOLWBUCMITHESEFBGPLIGKDBVZXW
2 AHGFIPLTRDNBHGDVINSTRUCTIONSVO
3 YISMNHGAREJVXCDEQWPOYUJFHYRTE
4 IUMKNCIKJEYXQFGWDHIDDENHLLNAFN
5 TQSBDLWITHINPGHKJSHDGRWNFHHDSL
6 HQKMDHLPQMNCDHGFGIBBERISHGQNL
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Message number three
1 LKJDXMKDJWBVYGBJXWNSBNKHIDDENF
2 DXZJCBWORDSVXZMBSNLKLDCQPNCFW
3 FWIJKSFYZDRGWITHINCBVNMVXNBLKJ
4 INSTRUCTIONSVNZMPQMCVNMXVCNLK
5 GDFLHZCLKJHFVDNCVBUILDXZDJVLKD
6 FFMEANINGFULVKHNVZXMVNDKJHJFFT
7 KMZQWSIWXNMJEDVBMESSAGESREGF
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The science
- We are made of cells and they need instructions to work.
- Instructions are genes, which are made of DNA. But the useful bits are hidden among gibberish.
- Our cells have to find, cut and paste the right words within the instructions to build messages that make sense
- This process is known as splicing and the spliceosome the bit of the cell that is responsible for this job.