Biology GCSE
Storage of genetic information
What Storage of genetic information means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The function allowed by the structure, in which the base sequence stores information and the molecule can be copied accurately.
Topics that use Storage of genetic information
- DNA and the genome (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Applications of genomics in medicine
- Balanced argument and judgement
- Base sequence
- chromosomes
- Chromosomes and inheritance
- Complementary base pairing
- DNA
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