16-遗传的分子基础.pptVIP

Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance Overview: Life’s Operating Instructions In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick shook the world With an elegant double-helical model for the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA DNA, the substance of inheritance Is the most celebrated molecule of our time Hereditary information Is encoded in the chemical language of DNA and reproduced in all the cells of your body It is the DNA program That directs the development of many different types of traits Concept 16.1: DNA is the genetic material Early in the 20th century The identification of the