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DNA
Structure of DNA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is DNA located | On the chromosomes inside the genes |
| The study of all human genes has been already done in a project named | The genome project |
| Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine are called | DNA bases |
| Adenine always pairs with | Thymine |
| Guanine always pairs with | Cytosine |
| Apart from the 4 bases DNA also contains | deoxyribose sugar and phosphate group |
| The shape of DNA is described as | Double helix or twisted ladder |
| DNA was discovered in 1953 by two scientists named | James Watson and Francis Crick |
| Our genes differ from each other because each gene | has different arrangement of DNA bases |
| How many strands are there in DNA | Two |
| What type of bond holds the two strands together | hydrogen bond |