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Is DNA the genetic material for humans?


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DNA:

  1. DNA is the abbreviated term for deoxyribonucleic acid which is a polymer formed of nucleotide monomers.
  2. Its role is that it is an organism's genetic material.
  3. Both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells contain it. In a prokaryotic cell, it can also be found as a plasmid.
  4. Hershey and Chase's experiment proved that DNA is the genetic material present in all living organisms.

DNA serves as the genetic material in humans.


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