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What is a chromosome? 2008-01-30 00:05:00 Imagine:Your body is made of lego blocks.You were put together according to a lego instruction book. The instruction book is very long and complicated. It has 46 chapters. Each chapter has many paragraphs.You have a friend who is also made of lego blocks. He was put together according to an instruction book that is nearly the same as yours, but not quite. It has 46 chapters like yours, but a few of the paragraphs are different to yours. Most are the same but some are different. (For example, the 457th paragraph in chapter 25 of his instruction book is quite different to yours - it has instructions on how to make black hair, while yours has instructions on how to make red hair).A chromosome is simply a chapter in your instruction book.If you were able to read your instruction book, you woul
What is a genome? 2008-01-29 22:08:00 Imagine: Your body is made of lego blocks.You were put together according to a lego instruction book. The instruction book is very long and complicated. It has 46 chapters. Each chapter has many paragraphs.You have a friend who is also made of lego blocks. He was put together according to an instruction book that is nearly the same as yours, but not quite. It has 46 chapters like yours, but a few of the paragraphs are different to yours.Now imagine there are 8 billion people made of lego blocks, and nearly all of them have the same instruction book, with slight variations.This shared instruction book is the human genome. Other living species, such as animals, plants and bacteria have genomes too, but these are different to the human genome. For example, they usually have a different numb
What is a gene? 2008-01-29 21:20:00 Imagine:Your body is made of lego blocks.You were put together according to a lego instruction book. The instruction book is very long and complicated. It has 46 chapters. Each chapter has many paragraphs.You have a friend who is also made of lego blocks. He was put together according to an instruction book that is nearly the same as yours, but not quite. It has 46 chapters like yours, but a few of the paragraphs are different to yours. Most are the same but some are different. (For example, the 457th paragraph in chapter 25 of his instruction book is quite different to yours - it has instructions on how to make black hair, while yours has instructions on how to make red hair).Now imagine there are 8 billion people made of lego blocks, and nearly all of them have the same instruction book,
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