Genetic material

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Cards (8)

  • Heredity - passing on of genes and genetic traits from parents to offspring
  • Traits - characteristics that are inherited and passed on from parents to offspring.
  • DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid molecule that carries genetic information
  • 4 bases in DNA
    • Adenine
    • Thymine
    • Cytosine
    • Guanine
  • Parts of DNA
    • Sugar
    • Phosphate
    • Base
  • Double helix - the structure of DNA molecules, consisting of two strands of nucleotides held together by hydrogen bonds
  • Gene - the basic unit of heredity passed from parent to child
  • Chromosomes - long strands of DNA that carry genes and are found in the nucleus of a cell