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THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN CREATION

a birth resulting from the combination of the separate 46 chromosomes of
the mother and father would produce a baby with 96 chromosomes ca-
using a complete distortion of the human make-up. But because of the in-
comparable design of our bodies this does not happen. The kind of
division that happens in the formation of the reproductive cells is diffe-
rent; it is called "meiosis". In the course of "meiosis" the number of chro-
mosomes in the cells is reduced by half, that is from 46 to 23.
Before these divisions are complete, the reproductive cells have not
come to maturity. In every male and every female body there is a mecha-
nism that brings these cells to maturity and prepares them for the difficult
journey ahead of them. The male and female reproductive systems, which
are completely unknown to one another and are very different in many
ways, try to make the cells they produce ready for one another.
In the following pages a detailed account of this topic will be given.
But, as you read these pages, there is an important point that you should
notice. From the very first moment that the reproductive cells begin to di-
vide, they are subject to a definite plan. Nothing is random. The cells di-
vide exactly as necessary and maintain the required number of
chromosomes without any change or deficiency throughout the process.
Every organ, every cell of which it is composed, and the organelles which
make up the cells, function in perfect harmony. In addition, the molecules
that make up the enzymes and the hormones which play a role in the
functioning of the body, and the atoms that make up these molecules, are
part of a highly complex information system, which tells them when they
will have to start their work, and they are never at a loss to know how and
to what degree it is necessary to exert their influence.
Cells, enzymes, hormones in short, the harmony that exists among
all the parts of the body is certainly something worth thinking about.
The fact that a molecule and the atoms that make up this molecule
can make a plan, and act according to it; that one part can give a com-
mand and another part obey it, understand it and put it into effect is too
extraordinary a thing to be the product of chance. The fact that this has
happened and still happens without exception in the bodies of the milli-

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