What is genétic material
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Posted by Tanu Simgh 5 years, 3 months ago
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Yogita Ingle 5 years, 3 months ago
DNA is the main hereditary material, but some contain RNA too, e.g. retrovirus. RNA mostly plays the role of a messenger in higher organisms. Though both are nucleic acids, why is there a difference in functions? Scientists elucidate that, this is due to the difference between the chemical structure of DNA and RNA. For a molecule to be considered as genetic material, it must accomplish certain properties. They are as follows:
- Replication- the ability to make its copies.
- It should have chemical and structural stability.
- Mutation- it should offer a chance for evolution.
- It should possess a hereditary unit which follows “Mendelian inheritance”.
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Vansh Prajapati 5 years, 3 months ago
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