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The Function of DNA
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- 1What is DNA responsible for?It's the hereditary material responsible for passing on genetic information from cell to cell and generation to generation
- 2What variety produce the immense amount of genetic diversity along living organisms?the variety in base sequences
- 3Why is the DNA being stable an advantage for its function?It can pass information from generation to generation without change
- 4As DNA's two separate strands are joined via hydrogen bonds, it means..They can dissemble for DNA replicaiton and protein synthesis
- 5DNA is an extremely large molecule allowing..it to carry an immense amount of genetic information
- 6How is the genetic material, to some extent, protected from being corrupted?It is within the helical cylinder of the deoxyribose-phosphate backbone
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- AS Biology2 (DNA and Meiosis) Flashcards on The Function of DNA, created by sammi_taylor01 on 29/05/2013.
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