Page 162 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Harun Yahya

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MEIOSIS DIVISION
Chromosomes from the
Genetic di- mother and father group to-
gether in pairs of 23 each.
versity is made Each pair is bound
to the other in the
possible by middle, forming an
X shape.
the process of
DNA shuffling
during germ cell divi-
sion. There are so many possible
combinations of DNA that the odds of
two different fertilizations from the same two
parents bringing two completely identical children
into the world are infinitely small--approximately one in 70
trillion. 114
Prof. Gerald L. Schroeder also notes the extraordinary nature of
the emergence of a human being with no abnormalities and a highly
regular and attractive appearance, during the combination of genetic
data:

In excess of five million combinations are possible in the complete set of
traits housed within the human genome. In addition to this multiplicity,
while the pairs are aligned at the equator of the cell, prior to their being
pulled to opposite sides, they swap gene pieces in a process termed cross-
ing over. Each of the two new chromosome sets now contains pieces from

Chromosome
Chromatin Microtubule MITOSIS DIVISION
Cell
Telophase

Interface Nucleus
Prophase
Centriole Metaphase
Anaphase
Meiosis is a form of cell division constituting the egg and
sperm cells. Thus every newborn human being is a new indi-
vidual with a unique mixture of the mother and father's genes.
In the cell division known as mitosis, the cell copies all its con-
tents, including the chromosomes and divides into two twin
cells. This makes possible the building of new tissues.
Interface