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The genetic code is carried by the _____ molecule in most organisms.

Biology

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ratelena [41]3 years ago

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The genetic code is carried by the DNA molecule in most organisms. DNA is the store for hereditary information.

frozen [14]3 years ago

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The genetic code is carried by the DNA molecule in most organisms. DNA is the store for hereditary information.

In eukaryotic cells, DNA is found in the cell nucleus, while in prokaryotes it is found in the nucleosome.

The genetic code is the triplets of nucleotides in DNA and RNA that define and direct which amino acid is used in protein synthesis.

The genetic code is expressed in 64 different triplet combinations that code for different amino acids. Three of these triplets are called non sense triplets or codons because they do not code for any amino acid. The rest are sense codons.

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$p+q=1\\(p+q)^{2} = p^{2} +2pq+q^{2} = 1\\P(AA)=p^{2} \\P(aa)=q^{2} \\P(Aa)=2pq1$

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Then, $P(aa)=q^{2}=0.000588$ . And with that we can calculate the value of q,

$P(a)=q=\sqrt{0.000588}=0.024$

And since we know that p+q=1, we can find out the value of p.

$p+0.024=1\\1-0.024=p\\p=0.976$

Next, we find out the genotypic frequency of the genotype AA:

$P(A)=p=0.976\\P(AA)=p^{2} = 0.976^{2}=0.95$

Now, we can find out the genotypic frequency of the genotype Aa:

$P(Aa)=2pq=2 x 0.976 x 0.024 = 0.046$

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$p^{2} + 2pq + q^{2} = 1\\x^{2} 0.976^{2} + 2 x 0.976 x 0.024 + 0.024^{2} = 1$

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