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What molecule carries genetic information
What process is thought to have changed the genetic code over billions of years
What kind of diseases are the most common genetic diseases For example those in which both parents may be carriers of the disease without knowing it because they don't actually have the disease
What type of scientist studies how bacteria are affected by antibiotics
How is the hereditary information in DNA coded and passed from generation to generation
as nucleotide base sequences that make up genes
What term describes all the changes that take place during the life of an organism including growth
What kind of organism is used to produce human insulin
What name is given to the process by which an organisim develops from a single cell into many kinds of cells
What scientific breakthrough occurred around 50 years ago that helped bring all the pieces of the biology puzzle together
The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, (the
template for creating genetic offspring cells) was made in 1953 by
James D. Watson and Francis Crick.
The virus that causes chicken pox contains DNA. It reproduces inside the cells of living organisms. The virus is not made of cells and does not eat or breathe. Why isn’t the virus considered to be a living thing
it is not made of cells (A+)