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Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Cells and DNA

Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Cells and DNA. What do all organisms have in common?. What makes organisms different?. every type of organism has a unique set of instructions to make that organism what it is. a human has human instructions a sea turtle has sea turtle instructions

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Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Cells and DNA

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  1. Almost Everything You Wanted to Know About Cells and DNA

  2. What do all organisms have in common?

  3. What makes organisms different? • every type of organism has a unique set of instructions to make that organism what it is

  4. a human has human instructions • a sea turtle has sea turtle instructions • a gum tree has gum tree instructions

  5. What are these instructions?

  6. DNA!

  7. What is DNA? • deoxyribonucleic acid • large organic polymer • complex set of chemical instructions

  8. Where is the DNA found? • in the nucleus of each cell in an organism

  9. What is the structure of a typical cell?

  10. So what are chromosomes?

  11. Where do the genes fit in?

  12. a gene is a portion of the DNA responsible for a specific feature (also called a trait)

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