Identify Any Unnecessary and Potentially Offensive References to Gender, Race

question 174

Essay

Identify any unnecessary and potentially offensive references to gender, race, or other features in the following passage and, as necessary, rewrite the passage in neutral language.
Crime report on television (or in the newspaper): "Police are looking for a white man about thirty years old, with brown hair and brown eyes, and about five feet ten inches tall. He has tattoos on both forearms-a picture of a snake on the right and the word 'mother' on the left."

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Definitions:

Leading Strand

The DNA strand that is synthesized continuously during DNA replication, guided by the replication fork movement.

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning, and reproduction of all known living organisms.

Leading Strand

The strand of DNA which is synthesized continuously during DNA replication.

DNA Polymerase

An enzyme involved in DNA replication, responsible for synthesizing new DNA strands from a DNA template.