Medical Genetics The immune system is a network of interacting cellular and soluble components. Its function is to distinguish entities within the body as \self\ or \nonself\ and to eliminate those that are nonself
1. Base(s) in DNA is (are) changed to other(s), or a base(s) is (are) added or removed. 2. Rearrangements of the chromosomes occur and are also considered
These entities encode information essential for the construction and regulation of proteins (such as enzymes) and other molecules that determine the growth and functioning of the organism