What is the role of DNA in genetics and heredity?

The DNA, as others have already well underlined, encodes for the whole tool box necessary for underpinning genetics and heredity. In particular, as you know, DNA can replicate itself in a semi-conservative fashion, through a process known as Replication. read more

The functioning of genes at the molecular level is described, particularly the transcription of the basic genetic material, DNA, into RNA and the translation of RNA into amino acids, the primary components of proteins. Finally, the role of heredity in the evolution of species is discussed. read more