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Table of contents

  • Genomes
    1. What is a genome?
    2. Where do genomes come from?
  • DNA
    1. What are genomes made of?
    2. Why is DNA's shape important?
  • Comparing genomes
    1. How much DNA?
    2. How many chromosomes?
  • DNA's code
    1. What is DNA's alphabet?
    2. What does DNA code for?
  • Making proteins
    1. What are proteins made of?
    2. Three DNA letters, one amino acid?
    3. An Example (with codon wheel)
  • Genes and 'junk'
    1. What does the rest of the DNA do?
    2. Controls and repeats
  • Variation
    1. Am I unique?
    2. Can genomes change?
    3. How can mutations cause disease?
    4. Inheriting mutations
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