DNA

• DNA is the chemical that all of the genetic material in a cell is made up from
• DNA determines inheirted characteristics and is found in the nucleus in recalling long structures called chromosomes, which normally come in pairs
• a DNA molecule with a double helix structure 2 strands of DNA
• Gene is a protein
• a gene is a small section of DNA found on a chromosome that codes for a specific protein
• genes tell cells what order the amino acids need to be put together
• DNA determines what proteins the cell produces and what kind of cell it is e.g red blood cell
• genome


  entire set of genetic material in an organism which has helped scientists find medicines
• genome


  allows scientists to identify genes in the genome that are linked to different types of disease

  find effective treatments to inherited diseases

  race migration of certain populations of people around the world