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DNA
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a molecule that contains coded instructions that store and pass on genetic information from one generation to the next.
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Sugars |
One of the molecules that makes up the sides, or “handrails”, of the DNA molecule
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Phosphates |
One of the molecules that makes up the sides, or “handrails”, of the DNA molecule
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Nitrogenous Bases |
the four molecules that make up the center, or “rungs”, of the DNA molecule
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Double Helix |
the twisted ladder shape of a DNA molecule
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Chromosomes |
strands of tightly wound DNA found in the nucleus
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Rosalind Franklin |
the scientist who used x-rays to make images of DNA that helped reveal its structure
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Watson and Crick |
a team of two scientists who concluded that the structure of DNA is a long twisted ladder
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