Differences and Basics

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This is DNA. This is RNA. What's the difference?

DNA stores your genetic information, while RNA helps use that information to make proteins.

This is a gene. This is DNA. What's the difference?

A gene is a specific section of DNA that contains instructions, while DNA is the molecule that contains many genes. This is a chromosome.

This is a chromatid. What's the difference?

A chromosome is a packaged structure made of DNA, while a chromatid is one copy of a duplicated chromosome.

This is genotype. This is phenotype. What's the difference?

Genotype is the genes you have, for example, the genes that influence your eye color, while phenotype is what you actually see, like having brown or blue eyes.

Which one did you think was the same?

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