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There are 5,000 genes in the chromosome of a single Escherichia
coli bacterium.

The anthropologist Loren Eiseley offers the following observa-

tion:
To grasp in detail the physio-chemical organization of the simplest
cell is far beyond our capacity. 13

Again, such comprehensive data are necessary for the life of
just one cell. Bearing in mind that bacteria are spread all over the
world, it is astonishing that such information is arranged with the
same care and in the same order in every one of them.
Could such a system come into being by chance? Of course
not. Let us have a closer look at the DNA molecule in order to ap-
preciate this better. Dr. Lee Spetner, an expert on biophysics and on
the information contained within the bacterial ge- HARUN YAHYA

nome, states:
The genome can hold a lot of information. The genome of
a bacterium for example, is string of a few million symbols.

The genome of a mammal has from two to four billion. If (ADNAN OKTAR)

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