GEOL 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sub-Saharan Africa, Twin, Zygote
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The molecule that has the chemical instructions for cells to manufacture various proteins. This is at the heart of each cell. 1 of the 46 molecules of dna (in 23 pairs) that each cell of the human body has and that together, has all of the genes. A section of a chromosome and the basic unit for the transmission of heredity, consisting of a string of chemicals that are instructions for the cell to manufacture certain proteins. Usually located at a particular place on a pair. Is composed of a sequence of chemicals, a long string of amino acids, which are the building blocks of life. Any of the possible forms in which a gene for a particular trait can occur. Many alleles can have differences that can be minor. The entire set of genes that are the instructions to make an individual member of a certain species.
