Definitions: Flashcards
1
Q
What does nucleic acid do?
A
stores the information that controls cell activity and specialization of cells to tissues to organs to do life processes through coding for proteins and enzymes.
2
Q
define chromosomes
A
thread-like structures of DNA strands wound are protein histones.
3
Q
define chromatin
A
all the chromosomal material made up from dna rna and proteins
4
Q
define genes
A
sections of DNA that contain heredity code
5
Q
general history of DNA?
A
rosalind franklin took the first image and gave to Wilkons. Watson and crick determined structure and won nobel prize