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Arlecino [84]
2 years ago
6

What are the major functions of dna?

Biology
2 answers:
Lina20 [59]2 years ago
7 0
DNA serves two important cellular functions: It is the genetic material passed from parent to offspring and it serves as the information to direct and regulate the construction of the proteins necessary for the cell to perform all of its functions. Hope this helped! ;)
Jobisdone [24]2 years ago
6 0

DNA serves two important cellular functions: It is the genetic material passed from parent to offspring and it serves as the information to direct and regulate the construction of the proteins necessary for the cell to perform all of its functions!!!

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