8 results for “DNA”

1. Life & Biology

   DNA and Genes

   DNA, and the discovery of how it works is one of the great achievements of science

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2. Life & Biology

   The Origin of Life

   DNA to store information and proteins to do the work, but DNA cannot copy itself without

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3. Life & Biology

   Evolution

   DNA The most powerful evidence is the newest. Every species' DNA is a record of its ancestry

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4. Life & Biology

   What Is Life? The Cell

   DNA, two metres of it in each human cell, coiled and folded into a space a few millionths

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5. Chemistry

   The Chemistry of Life

   DNA and RNA are nucleic acids, long chains of units called nucleotides. The order of four

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6. Life & Biology

   Bacteria and Viruses

   DNA floats free in a loop; its machinery is simple. Yet bacteria are the most successful

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7. The Human Body

   Skin, Hair and Nails

   DNA, raising the risk of skin cancer. Sunlight also has a benefit. When ultraviolet rays strike

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8. Plants & Fungi

   Carnivorous Plants

   DNA, are nearly absent. Sunlight is plentiful, so the plants can make sugar, but they cannot

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