Biology Science Notebook
Biology Science Notebook
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ISBN: 9780078961014
Author: GLENCOE
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 5.1, Problem 1RV
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The definition of the term ‘genes’.

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is an organic molecule, which makes up the genetic material of a living organism. DNA is a hereditary molecule that is transferred from generation to another and is responsible for bringing all the characteristics of an organism by coding different proteins.

Gene can be described as a strand of nucleotides and a unit of heredity, which can code for a functional protein. It is the unit that is transferred from the parent to offspring and determines the characteristics of offspring.

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Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 1RVCh. 5.1 - Prob. 1NVCh. 5.1 - Prob. 1AVCh. 5.1 - Prob. 2MICh. 5.1 - Prob. 3MICh. 5.1 - Prob. 4MICh. 5.1 - Compare and contrast the species biodiversity of...Ch. 5.1 - Describe observable difference among the types of...Ch. 5.1 - Analyze how genetic diversity in a population of...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 1RV
Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 1NVCh. 5.2 - Prob. 2MICh. 5.2 - Prob. 3MICh. 5.2 - Prob. 4MICh. 5.2 - Prob. 5MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 1RVCh. 5.3 - Prob. 1NVCh. 5.3 - Prob. 2MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 3MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 4MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 5MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 6MICh. 5.3 - Prob. 7MI

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