Benchmark 5C
The Living Environment: Cells
Grades 9-12, page 114
The genetic information in DNA molecules provides instructions for assembling
protein molecules. The code used is virtually the same for all life forms.
NSES Content Standard C
Life Science: The cell
Grades 9-12, page 184
Cells store and use information to guide their functions. The genetic
information stored in DNA is used to direct the synthesis of the thousands
of proteins that each cell requires.
NSES Content Standard C
Life Science: The molecular basis of heredity
Grades 9-12, page 185
In all organisms, the instructions for specifying the characteristics
of the organism are carried in DNA, a large polymer formed from subunits
of four kinds (A,G,C, and T). The chemical and structural properties of
DNA explain how the genetic information that underlies heredity is both
encoded in genes (as a string of molecular "letters") and replicated (by
a templating mechanism). Each DNA molecule in a cell forms a single chromosome.
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