If You Placed the Molecule in a Vertical Orientation, Then

question 8

True/False

If you placed the molecule in a vertical orientation, then from top to bottom, the two parallel strands of DNA are both oriented in the same, 5′ to 3′, direction.

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Definitions:

Gametes

Sexual reproduction cells that unite during fertilization to form a new organism, with sperm being the male gamete and eggs the female gamete.

Genotype

The set of genes in our DNA which is responsible for a particular trait, as opposed to the physical expression of those genes which is known as the phenotype.

Phenotype

The collection of traits that can be seen in a person, which emerge from how their genetic makeup interacts with their surroundings.

Pleiotropy

The phenomenon where a single gene influences multiple phenotypic traits in an organism, demonstrating the complex nature of gene expression.