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miv72 [106K]
4 years ago
5

Which statements describe the genetic code? Check all that apply.

Biology
2 answers:
Bess [88]4 years ago
6 0

It is a nucleic acid. It is found in DNA. It is used to build an organism’s structures. It allows parents and their young to have similar characteristics.

ella [17]4 years ago
5 0

Answer: It is a nucleic acid.

It is found in DNA.

It is used to build an organism’s structures.

It allows parents and their young to have similar characteristics.

The genetic code can be defined as a set of rules that are present in the coded form of  nucleic acid specifically in the DNA of an organism which is being inherited by an offsprings from the parents. The genetic code contains the information that is used by a cellular machinery to produced specialized functional proteins. These proteins are the building blocks of life and they ensure that the characters inherited from the parents should also be expressed in the offspring.

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