DNA is important to a cell because

a. DNA is the cell membrane that allows nutrients to enter the cell and wastes to leave.
b. DNA contains the information necessary to make all of the molecules required by the organism.
c. DNA contains the information necessary for the cell to reproduce itself.
d. DNA is the cell membrane that allows nutrients to enter the cell and wastes to leave, DNA contains the information necessary to make all of the molecules required by the organism, and DNA contains the information necessary for the cell to reproduce itself,
e. DNA contains the information necessary to make all of the molecules required by the organism and DNA contains the information necessary for the cell to reproduce itself.


e

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