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'''Genetic code''' is the instructions in a gene that tell the [[cell]] how to make a specific protein. A, T, G, and C are the "letters" of the [[DNA]] code; they stand for the chemicals [[adenine]], [[thymine]], [[guanine]], and [[cytosine]], respectively, that make up the nucleotide bases of DNA. Each gene's code combines the four chemicals in various ways to spell out 3-letter "words" that specify which amino acid is needed at every step in making a protein. The "word" combinations in more complex genetic strings if written out could literally fill a space as large as an encyclopedia.
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'''Genetic code''' is the instructions in a gene that tell the [[cell]] how to make a specific protein. A, T, G, and C are the "letters" of the [[DNA]] code; they stand for the chemicals [[adenine]], [[thymine]], [[guanine]], and [[cytosine]], respectively, that make up the nucleotide bases of DNA. Each gene's code combines the four chemicals in various ways to spell out 3-letter "words" that specify which amino acid is needed at every step in making a protein.
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All living things use the same genetic code system.
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The "word" combinations in more complex genetic strings if written out could literally fill a space as large as an encyclopedia.
    
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW
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