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3.16 DNA and Genetic information
- One chromosome contains thousands of genes
- There are 4 kinds of bases called: Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine.
- They are found in DNA in the pairs: Thymine-Adenine and Guanine-Cytosine.
- When you magnify one gene you can see a double helix which appear parallel.
- the order of bases is always the same (ATGC) this all constructs protein for the cytoplasm
3.15 Genes
- A gene is a section of a molecule of DNA
- Genes are located in the nucleus
- A double helix shaped gene carries information of the characteristic of the organism
- Information of the gene is passed to the cytoplasm.
- After passing into the cytoplasm the gene is then turned into a protein
- Protein controls the characteristic of the gene.
3.14 Chromosomes
- A chromosome is the genetic information inside a cell.
- Genes control the production of protein which controls a characteristic.
- The DNA forms a shape called "the double helix"
- There are 1000's of genes in a chromosome
- Each different species have different amount of chromosomes.
- Chromosomes operate in pairs which are based on length.
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