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What Is Dna?

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WHAT IS DNA?

DNA
IS FOUND IN THE NUCLEUS
WHAT IS DNA?
WHAT IS DNA?
ATCGGCTCGCTTAGGC
CCAATCTATCGGATCG
GCTCGCTTAGGCCCAA
TCTATCGGATCGGCTC
WHAT IS DNA?
GCTTAGATCGAATCTA
TCGGTCTATCGGATCG
GCTCGCTTAGGCCCAA
DNA is your genetic code,
the instructions to make
every part of you.

ATCG
Amazingly, the code is made up of
the same four bases repeated over
and over in different patterns.
ATCGGCTCGCTTAGGC
CCAATCTATCGGATCG
GCTCGCTTAGGCCCAA
TCTATCGGATCGGCTC
GCTTAGATCGAATCTA
TCGGTCTATCGGATCG
GCTCGCTTAGGCCCAA
These four bases are always
found in pairs…

ATCG
TAGC
Adenine (A) always bonds with Thymine (T).
Guanine (G) always bonds with Cytosine (C).
The base pairs form a long ladder …

CG ATCG ATCG ATCG ATC


GC TAGC TAGC TAGC TAG
This long ladder of base pairs is
twisted into a double helix …
DNA is very long. It is twisted so it
can fit into the nucleus of the cell …
CG ATCG ATCG ATCG ATC
GC TAGC TAGC TAGC TAG
DNA is the instructions to make all the
parts of you…

CG ATCG ATCG ATCG ATC


GC TAGC TAGC TAGC TAG
DNA is also the instructions for cells
to make new copies of themselves …
DNA is also the instructions for cells
to make new copies of themselves …
DNA is also the instructions for cells
to make new copies of themselves …

Identical Cells
DNA stores information to:
1. Make copies of cells
2. Make all the parts of the body
The side of the ladder are made up of alternating
deoxyribose sugar and phosphate molecules
the steps of the ladder are made up of
nitrogenous bases(adenine with thymine and
cytosine with guanine) held together
by hydrogen bonding.

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