Bio-detective Mugs

'Look at this! These little critters are not asexual after all.'

'We subpoenaed all of 'Mr. Big's' electronic messages. They're in morse code.'

'Or we could just ask her what kind of dog it is.'

Family DNA

'Mom! This high resolution screen makes it seem like you're really outdoors!'

'Who was the murderer? Well Watson, that's the killer question.'

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

"Mother! How? Wait — where’s Dad?!"

'True it does have small flowers but through the microscope its exquisite.'

'A geneticist laid bare my genetic blueprint, and I feel violated.'

'DNA...nature's bar code.'

"Please accept the apologies of this court. You're free to go now, and, by the way, here's your DNA back."

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

These young people need everything spelled out to them! I miss the old days, when a wink was a wink, and a nod was a nod.

'ADN'

Jerk Gene

'Apparently my DNA had guilt written all over it.'

"Tell me about yourself. Any weird genes or anything?"

"Say, do you have time between all that DNA research to invent a non-smelly sock."

Getting Rid of the Cure

'Turn right at the Robinia pseudoacacia, pass the garden with the salvia officinalis, cross the road when you see the stranvaesia davidinia and the pub is on the left!'

How did life begin? Image shows a strand of dna in the form of a question mark (with a single cell as the dot, floating in water or primeval soup). The image also refers to life beyond the earth, with the cell-like blobs resembling galaxies in outer space

"Ever killed a man?"

"I've devised a new paternity test, or as I call it, a pop quiz."

'This changes everything -- I found a loophole in the genetic code!'

"My conclusion that he lied was based on his body language, his polygraph results, and the complete implausibility of his story."

The dna double helix, with a human family taking the place of the dna rungs (or bases), illustrating genetic inheritance within the family

DNA doctor

"We think we've found the murder weapon Sir"

"I'm home, with all my DNA."

"There's a house-plant round here somewhere."

"Your body language says you've lost interest."