Page 168 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Harun Yahya

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Extra 21 st chromo-
some
Gart gene

Our cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. If these pairs possess more chromosomes
for any reason, their equilibrium will be impaired. In Down syndrome, the sufferer
has a total of 47 chromosomes instead of 46. Three chromosomes can be seen in
the 21st chromosome in the chromosome map.

Out of seventeen x-ray induced eye colour mutations in the fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster, fourteen affected the shape of the sex organs of
the female, a characteristic that one would have thought was quite unre-
lated to eye colour. Almost every gene that has been studied in higher or-
ganisms has been found to effect more than one organ system. . . . 117
Because of this feature in the genetic structure, any random
change in any gene in the DNA will impact on more than one specific
organ. The impairment will have wide-ranging destructive effects.
In short, health cannot emerge by chance. On the contrary, it is a

blessing from our Lord, the Compassionate and Merciful, the result of
a sublime creation. Allah shows us, with examples, that He can take
back this blessing whenever He so chooses and can create a lethal dis-
ease in an unknown part of the body.
There is, of course, great wisdom behind these deficiencies. People
need to give thanks to Allah, Who bestows their health upon them and
"formed them as a man" (Surat al-Kahf, 37). When they fall ill, they
must be aware that both health and sickness derive from Him and beg