deoxyribonucleic acid
Life's instruction manual
Deoxyribonucleic acid, usually called DNA, is the molecule that carries genetic information in living organisms.
Its double-helix structure stores the instructions for building proteins and transmitting hereditary traits from parent to offspring.
DNA evidence has transformed criminal forensics and paternity testing.
The DNA test confirmed he was the father.
Purine nucleobase in DNA
- thymineDNA nitrogen base
- cytosinePyrimidine nucleobase in genetics
- guaninePurine nucleobase in DNA
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
phosphate · sugar · antiparallel · chromatin · histone · purine · pyrimidine · Watson-Crick
Organism's total hereditary material
- geneHereditary information unit
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- locusParticular position or place
genotype · phenotype · mutation · polymorphism · sequencing · heredity · trait · variation
Act of duplicating precisely
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- polymeraseNucleic acid synthesis enzyme
- ligaseBond-creating enzyme
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
origin · primer · unwinding · elongation · termination · mismatch · excision
DNA amplification technique
- cloningMaking identical copies
- fingerprintingRecording unique digit patterns
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
paternity · ancestry · amplification · sequencer · next-gen · microarray · CRISPR-Cas9 · recombinant
adenine
Purine nucleobase in DNA
backbone · phosphate · sugar · antiparallel · chromatin · histone · purine · pyrimidine · Watson-Crick · right-handed
genome
Organism's total hereditary material
- geneHereditary information unit
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- alleleGene variant at one locus
locus · genotype · phenotype · mutation · polymorphism · sequencing · heredity · trait · variation · recombination
replication
Act of duplicating precisely
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- polymeraseNucleic acid synthesis enzyme
- ligaseBond-creating enzyme
proofreading · origin · primer · unwinding · elongation · termination · mismatch · excision
PCR
DNA amplification technique
- cloningMaking identical copies
- fingerprintingRecording unique digit patterns
- profilingCharacterizing by patterns
forensics · paternity · ancestry · amplification · sequencer · next-gen · microarray · CRISPR-Cas9 · recombinant · plasmid
heredity
Genetic trait transmission
offspring · genealogy · descent · bloodline · generation · Mendelian · traits · carrier · dominant · recessive
deoxyribonucleic acidribonucleic acid
Genetic information carrier
RNA · messenger RNA · mRNA · transfer RNA · tRNA
deoxyribonucleic acidprotein
Folded amino chain
polypeptide · enzyme · amino acid · carbohydrate · lipid
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