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Adnan Oktar

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According to Human Genome Project estimates, those sections of
DNA concerned with instructions for the production of protein repre-

sent less than 5% of the DNA sequence. The remaining genetic informa-
tion consists of genetic control regions regarding chromosomes and
DNA segments that are not yet understood. 127 A great deal more re-
search is needed before we can fully understand human genetic data.
As scientists seek to reveal how the genetic mechanism functions,
they cannot explain how such a perfect system came to be. Under the
caption "Messages from the Genome" in the December 2000 issue of

Harper's magazine, Arthur Cody describes the operations within the ge-
nome as a series of "triggering processes" and then poses the following
questions:
What triggers the triggerer? Nobody knows. More than that, nobody has
any theoretical proposal to suggest . . . . 'Triggering' is an interesting bio-
logical event; it goes nowhere toward explaining construction. What
kicks the homeotic gene [which regulates the embryo development] into
action? No answer exists, factual or theoretical . . . . Not only does no one
know, no one has the slightest idea how to look for an answer . . . .
Everything truly essential about the process is utterly and even radically
incomprehensible. 128

To the writer's questions, there is only one answer, of course: all
these things take place under the inspiration of Almighty Allah. By the
will of our Lord, billions of atoms combine together in such a way as to
comprise all the functions of life. Indeed, with the conclusion of the
Human Genome Project, the details of the genetic information that re-
veals the sublime creation with which Allah brings living things into

being have been revealed for all to see. Today, anyone who examines
the results of the project and discovers that in a single human cell is suf-
ficient information to fill thousands of encyclopedia pages will see this
as evidence of a magnificent creation.