why is dna called a blue print?

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biology work

Answer 1

Because it is the instruction code or "building plan" for the formation of biological organisms...but not viruses.

Answer 2

A blueprint is the design for making a machine or building. In the same way the DNA is the pattern for making the plant/fungus/animal.

Blueprint is an old term used in the days when the only photographic copying technique for architects plans produced blue printing.

Answer 3

DNA is sometimes referred to as a blue print to help people better understand that a specific ordering of DNA uniquely determines the specific physical attributes of a living organism. As an example, identical twins are born physically identical because they have the exact same sequence in their DNA.

Answer 4

Well, in general, "blue prints" detail how something is made or constructed. Think about blue prints for a building: a contractor uses them to know how to correctly build the home.

DNA contains all the information necessary to "build" an organism. Your hair color, your bone structure, skin color... all that stuff is contained in the "instructions" stored in your DNA.

Answer 5

with the aid of fact it contains all the informatin mandatory for protein synthesis. genuinely 'blueprint' isn't a solid metaphor as a blueprint is a 2-dimensional image of the genuinely construction. DNA isn't; it somewhat is somewhat like a cook e book with recipes in that admire. DNA contains instructions what to do with particular ingredients.

Answer 6

Because, like the blueprint that is used to build a building, DNA provides the information to build an organism.

HTH

Doug

Answer 7

blue prints : a map of the structure of an object
thus, dna is the map of the structure that makes our body the way it is.

Answer 8

Because it is the code (blue print) by which all proteins are made.

Answer 9

i really don't know because I'm in Human Biology and i should know this but i don't