Facts
True or False:
Everything has DNA?
True
Less than ___% of your DNA is different than another person's DNA.
1
True or False:
Humans share 85% of their DNA with Plants
False:
About 50% of our DNA is shared with plants
What does is mean to replicate?
Make copies of itself.
What % of DNA bases are the same in all people?
99%
True or False:
People use DNA testing to map a family tree or see the genetic background of their pet
True
Double Helix
The body has about this many different cells?
Range - 75
210
The set of instructions carried by the DNA molecule
Genes
The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases called:
Nucleotides
Human DNA consists of this number of bases
3 billion
ATC AAT GAC CAC GGA & TGA is an example of what?
Codons
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
The double helix construction of DNA was discovered in ____ by two molecular biologists.
1953
What is DNA Profiling / Genetic Fingerprinting?
When forensic scientists use DNA in blood, skin, saliva or hair to identify a matching DNA of an individual.