Wednesday, December 29, 2010

DNA- DNA basically what makes you, YOU! Its inside every nucleus of 
                 your euarkaryotic cells.
            - Inside every DNA there is genetic and hereditary information
            DNA has a very unique design to it, it looks like a twisted ladder
               and that's why it is called like that and it is also called a double
                helix.
            - The two backbones of the DNA structure are made from sugar 
                and phosphate molecules.
            - The bases in the middle and made out of nitrogen and there is
                four kinds of them.
             a) Adenine
                                        > Pyrimidines = Single Ring
                    b) Cytosine

               c) Thymine
                                        >Purines = Double Ring
               d) Guanine
            - These four nitrogen bases don't just bond with each other in 
                 random order, they only pair with a certain other base.
              a) Adenine pairs with Thymine and with no other 
                   b) Cytosine pairs with Guanine and with no other 
             There are many important people that take part with the history
                 of DNA.
           - First there is Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase. What they did 
                 is confirm that DNA was genetic material.
            - Second, there is Rosalind Franklin. What she discovered how
                 DNA looked when she took a x-ray picture of it.
            - The final two were Francis Crick and James Watson. What they
                did was build the first model of DNA out of metal and wood.

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