{"id":2522,"date":"2016-06-02T17:11:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2522"},"modified":"2024-04-26T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T00:26:11","slug":"outcome-storing-genetic-information","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/chapter\/outcome-storing-genetic-information\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Storing Genetic Information","rendered":"Introduction to Storing Genetic Information"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Explain how DNA stores genetic information<\/h2>\r\nThe unique structure of DNA is key to its ability to store and replicate genetic information:\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5799\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2318\/2016\/06\/06163522\/DNA_simple2.png\" alt=\"illustration of a segment of DNA. The molecule is composed of two helixes, which spiral in opposite directions from one another. The two helixes are connected by &quot;ladder rungs&quot; of adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.\" width=\"400\" height=\"422\" \/>\r\n\r\nIn this outcome, you\u00a0will learn to describe the double helix structure of DNA: its sugar-phosphate backbone ladder with nitrogenous base \u201crungs\u201d of ladder.","rendered":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: Explain how DNA stores genetic information<\/h2>\n<p>The unique structure of DNA is key to its ability to store and replicate genetic information:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5799\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2318\/2016\/06\/06163522\/DNA_simple2.png\" alt=\"illustration of a segment of DNA. The molecule is composed of two helixes, which spiral in opposite directions from one another. The two helixes are connected by &quot;ladder rungs&quot; of adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.\" width=\"400\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this outcome, you\u00a0will learn to describe the double helix structure of DNA: its sugar-phosphate backbone ladder with nitrogenous base \u201crungs\u201d of ladder.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2522\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Introduction to Storing Genetic Information. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>DNA Simple. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Forluvoft. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DNA_simple2.svg\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DNA_simple2.svg<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Introduction to Storing Genetic Information\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"DNA Simple\",\"author\":\"Forluvoft\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DNA_simple2.svg\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"701d2031-564c-4377-b513-9e7ce5e7b142","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2522","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":297,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6764,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2522\/revisions\/6764"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/297"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2522\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2522"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}