Every cell contains a complete body of that body’s DNA, written in the A, T, C, G alphabet. Held by the bucleus, with 46 chromosomes in humans that consist of 23 pairs of chromosomes: one copy of the same feature from each of the parents (for example, the same section of each chromosome in a pair might be both ‘about’ eye colour, perhaps one ‘says’ blue while the other says brown)

Every cell contains a complete body of that body’s DNA, written in the A, T, C, G alphabet. Held by the bucleus, with 46 chromosomes in humans that consist of 23 pairs of chromosomes: one copy of the same feature from each of the parents (for example, the same section of each chromosome in a pair might be both ‘about’ eye colour, perhaps one ‘says’ blue while the other says brown)

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Book
The Selfish Gene
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Author
Richard Dawkins
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Page

27

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Importance
Critical
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Tags
EvolutionBiologyScienceMicrobiologyMoleculesBodiesAnimalsHumansCellsChromosomes