Talk:Structural Biochemistry/Genetic Bases

There are six component parts of DNA: Adenine(A), Guanine(G), Cytosine(C), Thymine(T), phosphate(backbone), and five carbon sugar(ribose). Using these components we can form a Double Stranded DNA molecule.

As for pairing, A pairs with T forming two hydrogen bonds and G pairs with C forming three hydrogen bonds.

Considering that DNA is not the only Genetic molecule, we must also look at RNA. The other main difference between DNA and RNA, aside from DNA being double stranded and RNA being single stranded is that RNA and another nucleotide that replaces Thymine; this is called Uracil(U).

Genetics describes the inheritance from parents to offspring. An offspring will have the same characteristics such as phenotype and genotype from his parents. Mttrang1 (discuss • contribs) 19:36, 30 November 2011 (UTC)