by Sofia Bezzubenko

is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms.

a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis, especially that in the structure of the DNA molecule.

a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. Nucleotides form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.

The gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.

The nucleus, from the point of view of genomics, is an organelle surrounded by a membrane inside the cell, containing chromosomes.

a compound that is an integral part of tetrabasic nucleic acids.

is a water-soluble vitamin found in some foods, produced in foods, and sold as supplements.

a compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids.

is one of the four nucleotide bases in DNA

the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body

containing nitrogen in chemical combination

a sugar derived from ribose by replacement of a hydroxyl group by hydrogen.

is an electrically charged particle that contains the mineral phosphorus.

to receive from an ancestor as a right or title descendible by law at the ancestor's death.