DNA

26 de January de 2021

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Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA is a long linear polymer molecule made up of nucleotides or bases, which are its monomers.These nucleotides can be adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) or thymine (T).

The sequence with which these bases are ordered, in humans reaching an extension of about 3,000 million bases, determines the message contained in the sequence.It is theIt is the material transferred from parents to offspring, which it transfers the characteristics of the species.

Dr. Juan Sabater-TobellaEuropean Specialist in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EC4)Member of the Pharmacogenomics Research NetworkPresidente de EUGENOMIC®

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