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Dna structure
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made up of two strands winding around each other to generate a "double helix". The backbone of each individual strand consists of sugar and phosphate groups. Each sugar is attached to a base: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), or thymine (T).
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AUG 17, 2021
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Written By:
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
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...
Written By:
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...
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...
Written By:
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