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DNA

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Consist of chromosomes of genes which are single units of genetic information

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Gene

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Made of of DNA

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Mitochondria

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DNA located in mitochondria

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Double helix

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DNA is described as double helix

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Helix

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Is a curve and double helix is two congruent curse connected by horizontal members

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Who should be credited for x-ray diffraction image

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British scientist Rosalind, Elise Franklin

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Who used x-ray diffraction image in 1952

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Francis Creek and James Watson to formulate double helix model of DNA and speculate about its important role in carrying and transferring genetic information

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Double helix shape resembles what

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Twisted ladder in his compact consist of nucleotides

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Nucleotides consist of

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Carbon sugar - Pentose Please
phosphate group
nitrogenous base

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Four types of nitrogenous base

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Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine

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