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DEVOTION AMONG ANIMALS

quantity to be explained
away by coincidences. The
probability of proteins, the
building blocks of a cell,
being synthesized coinci-
950
dentally, is 1 in 10 for an
average protein made up
of 500 amino acids. In
mathematics, a probability
50
smaller than 1 over 10 is
considered to be impossi-
ble in practical terms.
The DNA molecule,
which is located in the nu-
cleus of a cell and which
stores genetic information,
is an incredible databank. If
the information coded in
DNAwere written down, it All information about living beings is
stored in the DNA molecule. This
would make a giant library
incredibly efficient information storage
consisting of an estimated method alone is a clear evidence that life
900 volumes of encyclope- did not come into being by chance, but
has been purposely designed, or, better
dias consisting of 500
to say, marvellously created.
pages each.
A very interesting dilemma emerges at this point: DNA can repli-
cate itself only with the help of some specialized proteins (enzymes).
However, the synthesis of these enzymes can be realized only by the
information coded in DNA. As they both depend on each other, they
have to exist at the same time for replication. This brings the scenario
that life originated by itself to a deadlock. Prof. Leslie Orgel, an evolu-
tionist of repute from the University of San Diego, California, con-

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