AP BIOLOGY

THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE

DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
DNA is called the “blueprint of life” because ____
A
it is like a fingerprint.
B
it has the color blue.
C
it contains the codes for building an organism.
D
it can relay messages to other molecules.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -DNA is called the blueprint of life because it contains the instructions needed for an organism to grow, develop, survive and reproduce. DNA does this by controlling protein synthesis. proteins do most of the work in cells, and are the basic unit of structure and function in the cells of organisms.

Detailed explanation-2: -Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes an organism’s genetic blueprint. In other words, DNA contains all of the information required to build and maintain an organism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Structure of DNA This is called a double helix structure, each strand of the helix consists of four different bases and the strands are connected to one another via a backbone consisting of sugar molecules. The four bases are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine, usually abbreviated as just A, C, G, and T.

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