Seminar : Il futuro della specie umana
1. Duplication of the DNA helix – Clonazione
All genetic code DNA (deoxyribonuclueic acid) is this length of just four chemical
letters, or bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These pair
up, A with T and C with G. The human genome has between 2.8 and 3.5 billion base
pairs.
The 2m-long string of DNA found in nearly every human cell contains the instructions
for every physical aspect of your body.
Genes Genes As little as 3% of the total genome is made of genes - the rest is
meaningless "junk".
Genes are special sequences of hundreds or thousands of base pairs that provide the
templates for all the proteins which the body needs.
Every human has 23 pairs of chromosomes, one set from each parent.
Nearly every cell in the body contains the full DNA code for producing another
human thereby making cloning possible.
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