Credit:
PASIEKA / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption
DNA molecule. Computer artwork of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA is composed of two sugar-phosphate strands twisted into a double helix. Between the strands are nucleotide bases. There are four different bases: guanine, cytosine, thymine and adenine. DNA contains sections called genes, which encode the body's genetic information.

Title:
DNA molecule

SPL Reference Number:
G110/872

Catalogue Number:
G110/872