Heredity and Variation

• Collagen - the most abundant protein in our body

  • found in connective tissues like bones, muscles, tendons, skin, blood vessels, and ligaments

Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Molecular Biology - the branch of Biology that deals with the study of proteins and nucleic acids

• Central Dogma - describes how the genetic information in our DNA is transmittes into proteins through a two-step process called transcription and translation

  • Transcription - process by which the genetic information contained in the DNA is transferres to ribonucleic acid (RNA)

    • Occurs in the nucleus

  • Translation - process by which the genetic information in the RNA is converted to protein

    • Occurs in the cytoplasm

• Nucleotides - serve as the building block of RNA just like in DNA