DNA
- Created by: Azzab123
- Created on: 11-05-14 18:26
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- DNA
- Contains all the instructions to put an organism together and make it work
- found in the nucleus of animal and plant cells
- In really long molecules called chromosomes
- genes
- section of DNA which contains instructions to make a specific protein.
- cells make proteins by stringing together amino acids in a particular order
- only 20 amino acids are used, but they make up thousands of different proteins
- genes tell cells which order to put the amino acids in
- only 20 amino acids are used, but they make up thousands of different proteins
- cells make proteins by stringing together amino acids in a particular order
- section of DNA which contains instructions to make a specific protein.
- DNA Fingerprinting
- cutting up a persons DNA into small sections and then separating them
- Forensic Science
- If the patterns match, that person was probably at the crime scene
- DNA from hair, skin, blood or semen is taken and compared with the suspects DNA.
- Paternity testing
- To see if a man is the father of a baby
- Half the DNA will be the mothers and half the DNA should match the fathers.
- To see if a man is the father of a baby
- section of DNA which contains instructions to make a specific protein.
- cells make proteins by stringing together amino acids in a particular order
- only 20 amino acids are used, but they make up thousands of different proteins
- genes tell cells which order to put the amino acids in
- only 20 amino acids are used, but they make up thousands of different proteins
- cells make proteins by stringing together amino acids in a particular order
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