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What is the role of DNA and genes in the body?
A gene is a section of DNA (DNA is a collection of genes). Genes dictate what your genetic makeup will be, for example, if you had the gene Cc, you would be sickle cell carrier. It determines your hair colour, eye colour, how you speak, wether you can roll your tongue, how big your feet are, how big your fingers are, basically everything about you bar your personality.
Are genes in DNA or are DNA in geans?
genes are in DNA
What are made up of genes?
Genes are made up of DNA, which contains the instructions for building and controlling an organism's development and functioning. Genes are segments of DNA that code for specific traits or characteristics. Changes in genes can lead to variations in traits among individuals.
What is the relationship between chromosomes and genes and between genes and DNA?
Chromosomes are structures made of DNA that carry genes. Genes are segments of DNA that contain the instructions for making proteins. DNA is the molecule that carries the genetic information needed for the development, functioning, and reproduction of living organisms.
How much of your DNA contains genes?
20.3% of your DNA contains genes
Do all the nucleotides in human DNA belong to genes?
No - genes are the parts of DNA that code for a functional product (such as a protein). There are other parts of the DNA which are not genes.
Is genetics DNA?
No, DNA is the substance from which genes are made. Genetics is the study of genes and their expression.
How does chemestry affect cancer?
Chemicals that do not cause cancer by themselves but can act with another chemical to cause cancer (cocarcinogens). Damage to DNA in cells can lead to cancer. ... Unrepaired DNA damage can lead to mutations, or changes, in genes, and mutations in certain genes can cause cancer. You can also inherit mutations.
Are DNA and genes the same thing?
No, DNA and genes are not the same thing. DNA is the molecule that carries genetic information, while genes are specific segments of DNA that code for specific traits or characteristics.
Explain how DNA genes and chromosomes are related?
DNA is the molecule that genes are made of. Chromosomes are the (arbitrary) clumping that genes form in cells.
Are genes and proteins both made of DNA?
Genes are the units of heredity, and are made up of segments of DNA
What is the study of genes and DNA?
The study of the DNA is the system where these stream of things that holds the data of the genetics information of your cell and that is what makes you dark light tall,short and all that things is have is by the DNA.
