Answer to Question #296752 in Genetics for Eman

Question

Fill the blanks to complete the statements related to concepts important in Genetics

What is DNA?

1. Instructions for providing information for a living 

organism to grow and reside in a cell are called____. 

2. Where is the nucleus located?__

3. Encoding a detailed set of plans for building parts of the cell is called ____.

4. DNA stands for ____.

5. A always pairs with __, and C always pairs with __.

What is a gene?

1. Instruction manuals for our bodies are called ____.

2. Of the ____ genes in the body only a few are used for making hemoglobin.

3. Since genes contain instructions for building proteins, one example of a protein would be ____.

What is a chromosome?

1. How much DNA is in a single human cell?__

2. When the sperm and egg cells join, they form a 

___ cell.

3. Each child born to a set of parents has a ____ combination of chromosomes.

Answer 1

cell