How Genes Work

1. What are proteins and what do they do?
2. How do genes direct the production of proteins?
3. Can genes be turned on and off in cells?
4. What is epigenetics?
5. How do cells divide?
6. How do genes control the growth and division of cells?
7. How do geneticists indicate the location of a gene?

Sources

• Genetics Home Reference. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

See also

• Why is it important to know my family medical history?
• What does it mean if a disorder seems to run in my family?
• Inheriting Genetic Conditions
• Transfer RNAs
• Myosins
• Mitochondrial respiratory chain complex
• How are gene mutations involved in evolution?
• Can changes in noncoding DNA affect health and development?
• What is noncoding DNA?
• Keratins

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