The most commonly cultivated strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, is an octoploid with eight sets. This makes it a good candidate for demonstrating DNA extraction - with eight copies of each gene in the strawberry genome, strawberries are packed full of it.
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The DNA in a strawberry is located within the nucleus of each cell. The nucleus contains the genetic material needed for the growth, development, and reproduction of the strawberry plant.
DNA is present in every single cell in the entire strawberry plant. Within each cell, like human cells, is a nucleus containing all the organisms DNA.
The physical properties of the isolated DNA resembled fibrous, swirly coils of tan and brown. (Very similar to the look of granite counter top)
The hypothesis for a strawberry DNA project could be that strawberries contain DNA that can be extracted using household materials and that the DNA extraction process will yield visible strands of DNA.
There would be more DNA in a strawberry because strawberries are octoploids, they have 8 copies of genes rather than 2 copies found in a cheek cells .
The DNA of a strawberry typically consists of around 700 million base pairs, which are the building blocks of DNA. The length of the DNA can vary slightly between different types of strawberries, but it is generally around this range.
it makes it different by its blood cells and the blood cells are different then a humans blood cell The DNA governs how the cells reproduce and split into the different organs and parts of the body that distinguish a person from a strawberry.
The physical properties of strawberry DNA, such as its double helix structure and base pair composition, are similar to the structure of DNA molecules in general. The double helix structure allows DNA to be stable and compact, while the specific base pair sequences encode genetic information. These physical properties enable DNA to store and transmit genetic information accurately.