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I'm a 2nd year highschool student,our teacher told us that we'll have an investigatory project.I want to know what is a DNA?what do it looks like?How is it formed?

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Hi Denise
Wow! This is a huge question and I cannot answer it or explain it in a simple way.  It is nucleic acid with a complicated chemistry and is the secret code of all living things.  Don't you have a textbook with a chapter on DNA.  Read all you can about it and when you have something you do not understand you get right back to me and I will help you.
It is summer vacation and school is out?  How come you are doing school work?

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Walter Hintz

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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.

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I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.

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