2007-02-12 15:12:43 · 3 answers · asked by jmartinme 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The 'rungs' represent the nucleotide bases. These four bases (A, T, G and C) provide the code for the codons that code for proteins. Proteins are the basis of all life and therefore living traits.
2007-02-12 16:13:10 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rungs of the DNA ladder are the nitrogenous bases (Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Cytosine (C) and Guanine (G)). The series of bases in a gene determines the features a residing difficulty has. basically like the series of letters in a word determines what the word is.. case in point This gene could code for blue eyes.. CATGCATGCTACCGGGGTC..... (generally genes are hundreds of bases long) A gene is basically an part of DNA that codes for one particular trait.
2016-10-02 01:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by luera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "rungs" are the hydrogen bonds between the nucleotide base pairs of the 2 helices. They do not determine traits. That is the job of the nucleotides.
2007-02-12 19:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by A B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋