What is the genome made of?
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Discover the fascinating structure and properties of DNA in our free course. Learn about its role as hereditary material and how it directs cell processes. Understand DNA replication and its vital information storage. Enhance your knowledge of genomics today!
Genomes are composed of DNA, and a knowledge of the structure of DNA is essential to understand how it can function as hereditary material. DNA is remarkable, breathtakingly simple in its structure yet capable of directing all the living processes in a cell, the production of new cells and the development of a fertilized egg to an individual adult. DNA has three key properties: it is relatively stable
Its structure suggests an obvious way in which the molecule can be duplicated, or replicated
And it carries a store of vital information that is used in the cell to produce proteins. The first two properties of DNA are analysed in this free course, What is the genome made of?
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
Understand the basic composition and structure of DNA
Understand what is meant by complementary DNA base pairing
Understand how base pairing allows a mechanism for DNA replication
Understand the number of DNA molecules within a chromosome.
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