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What is DNA in detail and how it can work?


vaidyad651 14th Aug, 2021
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Swarnendu Bhattacharya 14th Aug, 2021

Hi

DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule composed of two polynucleotide chain coiling each other in a double helix structure.  They are the carriers of genetic instructions and helps in passing the traits of their parents to their offsprings.

DNA are contains monomeric units called nucleotides and each nucleotide contains 4 nitrogenous bases namely cytosine,guanine, adenine or thymine along with sugar( deoxyribose) and a phosphate group


DNA has three main functions

Passing of genetic information from parents to offspring through genes contained in the DNA

Immunological properties of the body also comes from DNA

And the structural characteristics of a species is also controlled by DNA



Hope this helps

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