What is the actual genetic material (the stuff that carries traits from one generation to the next)?
1. DNA in all chromosomes of all cells (prokaryotes don’t have same amounts of proteins as eukaryotes. 2. Somatic cells have twice as many chromosomes as the gametes. 3. The composition of DNA varies between species and proteins in chromosomes don’t that much. 4. DNA can transform cells. Transformation = external genetic material is assimilated by a cell. (Griffith’s experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae and mice).
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