Sunday, August 21, 2011

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

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