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The Tedious Process Of Sequencing a Gene
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The genetic code is much like a piece of written music. Each is
essentially a set of instructions determined by the arrangement of
specific components-the sequence of the notes for music; the
sequence of subunits of the chemical deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, for
the genome.
Reading the genes, however, is a bit trickier than reading a
piece of music.
Genes are nothing more than a bit of information physically
inscribed on DNA. Each gene encodes the blueprint for making a
specific protein. One gene, one protein, one function in the body;
that's the connection.
DNA consists four types of ...
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