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How is it that the entire diversity of life can be spelled out using only four different bases?

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Various genes differ from each other with respect to the sequence of nucleotides.

Step-by-step explanation:

DNA is the molecule that serves to store genetic information. DNA is a polymer of deoxyribonucleotides. There are four types of deoxyribonucleotides that differ from each other with respect to the nitrogenous base. A deoxyribonucleotide can have either of four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.

Genes that regulate various traits differ from each other in the sequence of nucleotides. Various combinations and sequences of nucleotides result in a large number of genes which in turn account for diverse types of proteins to impart a variety of genetic traits to the organisms.

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