what is the purpose of DNA?

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abb0t · Answer

life.

anonymous · Answer

DNA is the blueprint of life. It dictates eye and hair color, bone structure, blood type, basically everything about you. The purpose of DNA is not only control development but it also pass down information as well. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080714205253AAp6sQ6

blues · Answer

The purpose of DNA is to store information in an accessible form - but also a form that can be transmitted from one cell to another.

rina.r · Answer

DNA is the blueprint of life. It dictates eye color, bone structure, blood type, basically everything about you. You get one half of your genome from your mother's egg cell and the other half from your father's sperm cell. This blueprint then controls how you, as an embryo develops, and further down, how you as a baby will also develop. The purpose of DNA is to not only control development, but it is also pass down information as well. Most advantages in the genome will be passed down to the next descendant, causing the general population to eventually evolve, providing life with ever-changing beings.

anonymous · Answer

it contains genetic material so your DNA basically determines all your characteristics and is passed along to offspring