LB+DNA+notes

DNA: 3 billion base pairs of DNA, composed of 23 pair of chromosomes -found in nucleus DNA guides cell in making new proteins, can be copied and passed from one generation to the next structure: 4 bases and a backbone, AT and GC hydrogen bonds are easily broken for replication and translation replication: copies transcription: rewritten into RNA translation: mRNA turns into tRNA which makes protein DNA like a blueprint for the rest of the body

DNA probe: finds DNA that is specific to one person