3.15 DNA and RNA are two types of nucleic acids

ribonucleic acid (RNA)

The genes present in DNA do not build proteins directly. They work through an intermediary - the second type of nucleic acid, known as ________ _______.

DNA

The genetic material that humans and other organisms inherit from their parents consists of ________.

DNA

Unique among molecules, _______ provides directions for its own replication. Thus, as cell's divide, its genetic instructions are passed to each daughter cell. These instructions program all of a cell's activities by directing the synthesis of proteins.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), nucleic acids

Genes consists of _______, one of the two types of polymers called _______ _______.

gene

The amino acid sequence of a polpeptide is programmed by a discrete unit of inheritance known as a ________.