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Every cell contains a complete copy of “the blueprint of life”
DNA consists of two strands of nucleotides - 4 bases (A,G,T,C)
23 pairs of chromosomes
If unwound and tied together, human DNA in one cell would stretch ~ 5 feet, but would be only 50 trillionths of an inch wide!
Genes are specific sequences of DNA, each of which “codes” for a protein with a specific function
Genes are copied each time a cell divides, passing on the blueprint

 
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