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Lab techniques Dr. Maha Daghestani

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Review: DNA Organization

• The function of DNA is to carry the information necessary to make all of the proteins in our body.

• All of the DNA in a cell, which includes every gene, makes up an organism’s genome.

• In our genome, the DNA is organized into structures called chromosomes.

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Genes

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Definition of Genes

• Transcription units of DNA are called genes

• A gene is a sequence of nucleotide bases that codes for a product

• The gene affects the phenotype through its product

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Gene

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Exon and the flanking region

• ATCCCTGCCAAGGTTGCACCATGGACAGGTGGCAGAAGTGGGATCTCATCCAAGAGTTACATCCCTGCCTCTCACTTCCTCTCCTTACAGCCAAGGCTGATGACATTGTTGGCCCTGTGACGCATGACCTCTCACTTCCTCTCCTTACAGCCAAGGCTGATGACATTGTTGGCCCTGTGACGCATGGGTCTAATCTTTGAGAACAACGTCGTCCACTTGATGTGGCAGGAGCCGAAGGAGCCCAATGGTCTGATCGTGCTGTATGAAGTGAGTTATCGGCGATATGGTGATGAGGTAAGGCCCTTGACTCTGAGGCATGCCCCTGCACACTTCAGCATGCCCCTTCAGAGTTGCACTTGGTACCTCCTTCCCCCCCGGGGGGGGGGTTTTTTTTAAACGCGATGTACGTTTTCCGGTCACACAAATCTTAGATGATCATTTACGTTTTTAAAACGCGACACTGTCAAGTGACTGCAATGCCAATGTCAAAATTCCGGGTGTAGCATGCACAAT

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Thank you