Please explain what a sequence is in genome.?

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Please explain what a sequence is in genome.?

2007-03-15 17:29:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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A sequence in a genome is the order of the nitrogen bases in that part of an organism's DNA. So it might be something like AACTGTAGGCCTAAAGC ...

2007-03-15 17:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

This usually refers to the order of the DNA nucleotides of a gene. DNA has four nucleotide bases which are Guanine, Adenine, Cytosine, and Thymine. A gene will usually have thousands of these bases. The sequence is the particular order.

2007-03-16 01:05:32 · answer #2 · answered by bioguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

use ecolink's answer, but replace "nitrogen" with "nucleotide"

2007-03-16 00:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by john 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋