- What is DNA?
DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the genetic code for life.
2. What does DNA do?
DNA is a molecule that has a master set of instructions for how cells function, what they will produce, and when they will die.
3. How does it copy itself?
Two strands of the DNA double helix uncoils then several enzymes and proteins work together to prepare or prime the strands for duplication, then a special enzyme called DNA polymerase organizes the assembly of new DNA strands.
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