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DNA is a large, polymeric biomolecule composed of four different types of subunits called nucleotides. The sequence of nucleotides within the DNA molecule can encode information. All the information necessary to encode a protein is called a gene. DNA molecules can be extremely long - extending for millions of nucleotides. A chromosome is a single DNA molecule (encoding thousands of genes) plus associated proteins that provide structure and play key roles in the regulations of genes.
Not quite. Don't think of these things being on each other. Genes and chromosomes are made of DNA. DNA is a large, polymeric biomolecule composed of four different types of subunits called nucleotides. The sequence of nucleotides within the DNA molecule can encode information. All the information necessary to encode a protein is called a gene. DNA molecules can be extremely long - extending for millions of nucleotides. A chromosome is a single DNA molecule (encoding thousands of genes) plus associated proteins that provide structure and play key roles in the regulations of genes.
a section of DNA has information about a specific trait of an organism is called what?
A segment of DNA on a chromosome that controls the production of a protein is called a gene. Chromosome a cellular structure that contains DNA.
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DNA is a large, polymeric biomolecule composed of four different types of subunits called nucleotides. The sequence of nucleotides within the DNA molecule can encode information. All the information necessary to encode a protein is called a gene. DNA molecules can be extremely long - extending for millions of nucleotides. A chromosome is a single DNA molecule (encoding thousands of genes) plus associated proteins that provide structure and play key roles in the regulations of genes.
To explain how transcription works, you would need to understand that it is the process by which information from a gene is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) by RNA polymerase. The key components involved include the gene with DNA sequences that encode the information, RNA polymerase which binds to the gene and transcribes it, and nucleotides that are assembled into an mRNA molecule using the gene as a template.
A gene is the segment of DNA with the information for a protein/proteins.
Not quite. Don't think of these things being on each other. Genes and chromosomes are made of DNA. DNA is a large, polymeric biomolecule composed of four different types of subunits called nucleotides. The sequence of nucleotides within the DNA molecule can encode information. All the information necessary to encode a protein is called a gene. DNA molecules can be extremely long - extending for millions of nucleotides. A chromosome is a single DNA molecule (encoding thousands of genes) plus associated proteins that provide structure and play key roles in the regulations of genes.
DNA basically contains the information needed to create protein. Each protein is encoded by a gene, which carries specific physical characteristics for each person.
a section of DNA has information about a specific trait of an organism is called what?
Replication, in which new copies of DNA are made; transcription, in which a segment of DNA is used to produce RNA; and translation, in which the information in RNA is translated into a protein sequence.
A segment of DNA on a chromosome that controls the production of a protein is called a gene. Chromosome a cellular structure that contains DNA.