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The different forms of a given gene that an organism may possess. For example, in humans, one allele of the eye-color gene produces green eyes and another allele of the eye-color gene produces brown eyes.
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A segment of the [[DNA]] in a chromosome. Genes are like sentences built up of the "letters" of the nucleotide alphabet, and between them the genes direct the physical development and behavior of the organism. A set of genes acting together are like a recipe or instruction book, providing the information that a living organism needs so it can build or do something - like making an eye or a leg, or repairing a wound.
 
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A molecular "package" for carrying [[#DNA|DNA]] in cells, organized as two double-helical DNA molecules that encode many [[#gene|genes]]. Some simple organisms have only one chromosome made of circular DNA, while most [[eukaryote]]s have multiple chromosomes made of linear DNA.
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The different forms of a given gene that an organism may possess. For example, in humans, one allele of the eye-color gene produces green eyes and another allele of the eye-color gene produces brown eyes.
 
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A long [[molecule]] that has the form of a "[[double helix]]", which looks like a twisted ladder. It is made of four types of simple units (like four different colors of beads on a string) and it is the sequence of these units that carries information, just as the sequence of letters carries information on a page.
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A long [[molecule]] that has the form of a "[[double helix]]", which looks like a twisted ladder. It is made of four types of simple units and the sequence of these units carries information, just as the sequence of letters carries information on a page.
 
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A segment of the [[DNA]] molecule in a chromosome. The genes are like sentences built up of the "letters" of the nucleotide alphabet, and between them the genes direct the physical development and behavior of the organism. A set of genes acting together are like a recipe or instruction book, providing the information that a living organism needs so it can build or do something - like making an eye or a leg, or repairing a wound.
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They form the rungs of the DNA ladder and are the repeating units in DNA. In the rotating image above they are the flat blue and gray parts at the center of the molecule. There are four types of nucleotides (A, T, G and C) and it is the sequence of these nucleotides that carries information.</div></div>
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When people change an organism by adding new genes, or deleting genes from its genome.
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A package for carrying DNA in the cells. They contain a single long piece of DNA that is wound up and bunched together into a compact structure. Different species of plants and animals have different numbers and sizes of chromosomes.
 
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An event that changes the sequence of the DNA in a gene.
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They form the rungs of the DNA ladder and are the repeating units in DNA. In the rotating image above they are the flat blue and gray parts at the center of the molecule. There are four types of nucleotides (A, T, G and C) and it is the sequence of these nucleotides that carries information.</div></div>
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An event that changes the sequence of the DNA in a gene.
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