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Pregnancy is counted in weeks, lasting 40 weeks from the first day of your last period. So you are actually only preparing for pregnancy during those first two weeks, until ovulation. For two more weeks many women do not know that they are pregnant, even though they may be hoping that they conceived this month.

the time of your life! Not only have most women ceased being nauseated, many feel a burst of energy and report feeling the best that they’ve ever felt. Because of the changes in the first trimester disappearing sexuality also peaks at this time as well for the majority of couples. Not having to be concerned with birth control or falling asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow opens a whole new realm for the couple.

Baby is getting bigger and loving life in the womb. Many babies will start to settle into a head down position, beginning as early as the 28th week. ►About 3-4% of all babies will remain in the breech position at the end of pregnancy. This final trimester is really a time for finishing touches like lung maturity and layers of brown fat to help keep your baby warm on the outside.

is the process by which the physical and mental characteristics of parents are transferred to their offspring.

sum of all hereditary material contained in a cell.

segment of the DNA chain that controls the formation of a molecule of RNA.

contains the hereditary information and directs reproduction of itself and the synthesis of RNA.

diffuse out of the cell nucleus and carry out the critical task of protein synthesis in ribosomes located in the cytoplasm

In 1953 they worked out that DNA is double helix like a twisted staircase.

The process of making copies of DNA

Unwinds the double helix

Synthesizes RNA primers

Stabilizes single-stranded regions

Synthesizes the DNA

Erases the primer and fills gaps

Joins the ends of DNA segments; DNA repair

carries the genetic information for a protein from the DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomes.

translates the genetic code of the mRNA into the primary sequence of amino acids in the protein.

is a structural and functional component of the ribosomes.

process in which a gene’s DNA sequence is copied (transcribed) to make an RNA molecule.

The process of ending transcription

The process of converting the information in a sequence of nitrogenous bases in mRNA into a sequence of amino acids that make a protein

Changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA