The document discusses how genetic information is organized in chromosomes and genes in a way that is analogous to how instructions for building a house are organized in chapters and sections of books. Each chromosome contains thousands of genes, which are like chapters that provide instructions for specific traits. The genes are written in DNA as a sequence of four chemical bases (A, T, G, C) in the same way that words are written using an alphabet.
1. *Roof Carpets Walls Wooden Floors Kitchens Wine Cellar Bathrooms Bedrooms Curtains Painting *Gardens Electrics Lighting Furniture If I wanted to build a house I would need some instructions on all these different parts.
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4. Building Organisms is a lot like building houses. Just follow the instructions But where do we keep these…? We have our own bookshelf
6. Let’s Take a Look at Chromosome 11 Chromosome Number 11 Around 1,300 – 1,700 Chapters One chapter tells us how to make up red blood cells. We’ll be coming back to this chapter later in the module. Back to the human bookcase
7. The only difference in our bodies the chapters are all mixed up. Let’s look at chromosome 19 Chromosome Number 19 Again around 1,300 – 1,700 Chapters One chapter tells us what colour to make our eyes. Another chapter tells us what colour to make our hair. Back to the human bookcase