Each characteristic is encoded by a pair of chromosomes. How does our body decide which of the DNA molecules to transcribe into RNA?
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We do not quite know. This is obviously a set of complex signaling pathways. Quite a number of researchers are trying to figure out how this all works but it is probably going to take quite a long time to figure it all out, and we have just started.
What we have found out is that the parts of the DNA which is not encoding proteins do have an impact on how this process takes place. It can look like there is a set of DNA which catches specific proteins and when the conditions are right this starts the process to copy the DNA into RNA. Similar structures triggers the RNA to be copied into proteins and finally another sequence at the end of the RNA changes what happens to the protein once it is made and also how many proteins should be made from this RNA.
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