Author's Note: This is my final essay for my DNA project. This mainly explains what DNA is and how it impacts genetic mutations. In this essay, I wanted to work on my organization. I wanted to make sure that each paragraph didn't repeat anything that I mentioned earlier. Also, I wanted to make sure that I had a strong thesis statement to start the paper.
In our generation, people try to act and
be like one another. Although, your DNA is not set up to be like another
person. DNA is located in every part of your body, so it makes sure that you
will always be yourself. Your genes are
almost exactly like DNA when it comes to this. Genetic mutations are what
describes you as a person and what makes you unique.
Genetic
mutations are a very important part of your body, and explain who you are. Each
genetic mutation has been inherited by your parents or during your lifetime. Most
of them are passed on from parent to child when you are born and those are
called heredity mutations. A heredity mutation stays in your body for you
entire life, where point and base mutations do not. A point mutation is one of
the most common types of mutations there are, and this changes a single
nucleotide base pair. Where a base mutation can be added to your body or
deleted. What you look like and who you
will be like is what describes genetic mutations.
Different
mutations have a lot to do with who you are as a person, and so does DNA. DNA
stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, and is located in every cell you have. Genetic mutations are in fact similar to your
DNA. For example, they both determine what color your eyes will be when you are
born, and even how tall you could be. Genetic mutations are not the only part
of your body that describes who you are as a person. DNA is also what makes
that decision.
DNA
may be about what you look like, although the structure of it is what does its
job. Your DNA looks like a ladder when it is stretched out. This is called a
double helix. A double helix are strands of your DNA coiled together. On a
double helix, there are four different types of nitrogenous bases. They are
called Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine.
Adenine and Guanine are part of one base, where Cytosine and Thymine are
part of another. Week hydrogen bases are what makes the two groups stay
together. Your DNA and genetic mutations are the most important part of your
body. Although without your double helix, they wouldn’t exist.
Even
though DNA and genetic mutations are different, they are still similar through
something called chromosomes. In your body, each person has forty-six
chromosomes. When you are born both your mom and dad gives twenty-three
chromosomes to you. Each chromosome has a different meaning. For example, how
you behave and even what you will look like is what thay do. If there were no chromosomes in everyone’s
body, each person would be the same.
Although
genetic mutations are very important as it is, DNA is as important. Your DNA is
the blueprint of your life, which means that whatever you do or will do your
DNA will have some effect to it. DNA is also important because you use it to
determine criminal cases and your family. Not only that, it determines the
structure of your cells. Like whether or not it would be a nerve cell or an eye
cell. DNA is very important when it comes to your life, and who you are as a
person.
Genetic
mutations are what makes you unique and describes who you are. Like I said
before, your DNA is not set up so you can act and be like someone else. Every
part of DNA goes along with helping you be yourself. Same goes for genetic
mutations. Every persons DNA exists once in their life, and you should cherish
that. Your
DNA makes you unique for who you are, and that is what makes it special.
