BIOCHEMISTRY-ACHIEVE (1 TERM)
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Chapter 4, Problem 51P
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The properties of DNA making it a good genetic material needs to be discussed.
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Genetic material is a material which stores genetic information in the nuclei of an organism’s cell. Genetic material may be DNA or RNA.Replication, storage, expression and variation of the information are the important characteristics of the genetic material. In this question, we need to explain why DNA is preferred as a good genetic material.
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BIOCHEMISTRY-ACHIEVE (1 TERM)
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