Biology: How Life Works
Biology: How Life Works
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ISBN: 9781319017637
Author: James Morris, Daniel Hartl, Andrew Knoll, Melissa Michael, Robert Lue, Andrew Berry, Andrew Biewener, Brian Farrell, N. Michele Holbrook
Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education
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The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a genetic material present in all living organisms. It serves as the carrier of the genetic information from one generation to the other. It has the ability to synthesize a number of copies by itself. The biological process of producing two identical copies of DNA from the original DNA molecule is referred to as DNA replication. The replication process enables the DNA to transfer the genetic information from cell to cell and from the parent to the offspring.

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