What Properties Must a Substance Possess in Order to Serve

question 15

Multiple Choice

What properties must a substance possess in order to serve as the genetic material? Select all that apply.

• A)It must consist of many different types of subunits in order to code for the large variety of characteristics of a living organism.
• B)It must be able to store information that pertains to the development,structure,and metabolic activities of the cell or organism.
• C)It must be stable,so that it can be replicated with high accuracy during cell division and be transmitted from generation to generation.
• D)It must be able to catalyze chemical reactions at very high speeds in order to direct the metabolic activities of the cell.
• E)It must be able to undergo rare changes,called mutations,that provide the genetic variability required for evolution to occur.

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Definitions:

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