... Genetic information is the complete set of inherited instructions, or an organism's genome, for building proteins and other molecules. Inside the nucleus of each mammalian cell are pairs of chromosomes that are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This long, helical molecule carries all the information to direct the production of proteins. Biologists were convinced that chromosomes carry genes and genetic information, but ... in the nucleus of a cell. Nucleotide base pairs (A, T, G, and C) bond to the sugar-phosphate backbone to form the DNA double-helix molecule. The spiral helix, wi...

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