DNA
- Created by: isabella newsum
- Created on: 23-11-14 10:44
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- DNA
- What/Where is it?
- Contains all the instructions to put an organism together and make it work
- Found in the Nucleus
- Chromosomes are long molecules of DNA
- Gene
- Section of DNA
- Contains the instructions to make a specific protein
- Cells make proteins by stringing amino acids together in a particular order
- 20 amino acids are used, but make up thousands of different proteins
- DNA also determines what proteins the cell produces
- Determines what proteins the cell produces
- Fingerprinting
- Cutting up a person's DNA into small sections and then separating them
- Every person has a unique fingerprint pattern except for identical twins or clones
- Forensic Science- DNA from a crime scene and is compared with the DNA of the suspect
- Paternity Testing- to see if a man is the father of a particular child
- What/Where is it?
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