What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
The ‘blueprint’ of life
-long molecule that contains our unique genetic code
-Like a recipe book it holds the instructions for making all the proteins in our bodies.
DNA
The ‘blueprint’ of life
Double helix shape
DNA
DNA contains four basic building blocks or bases
-adenine? (A), cytosine? (C), guanine? (G) and thymine? (T).
The bases always pair together in the same way
A with T, C with G.