What is a gene?

9/14/2018

Today many of us finished out origami gene and we used our textbooks to record definitions for DNA and Genes.
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid, a molecular blueprint for living things, composed of the nucleotides; Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine.

Gene: A section of DNA on a chromosome that contains the code for a protein.

Gold Tape Question: Where was George Beadle born and what is his famous scientific discovery that has to do with genes?

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Nicole Mathena link

9/16/2018 10:41:37 pm

George Beadle was born in Wahoo, Nebraska. He and Edward Tatum discovered the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells.

Raquel

9/18/2018 04:33:29 am

Born on October 22 1903 George Beadle discovered the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells in 1958.

What is a gene?

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