Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To explain: The characteristics that a molecule must have to function as a genetic material and the important features of the structure of DNA that are consistent with its role as the chemical basis of heredity.

Introduction: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid carries hereditary information from one generation to another. DNA replication is a process that takes place in every biological cell. It involves coping and producing of two identical copies of a cell from their parent DNA molecule.

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