Page 41 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA

Adnan Oktar

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Let's examine some of the details in
the creation of the DNA in the trillions of
cells inside every one of the billions of peo-
ple on Earth.

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The giant molecule of DNA (deoxyri-
bonucleic acid) that plays a role in all the
cell's vital functions consists of carbon, hy-
drogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphate at-
oms. There are billions of these atoms in a
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single human DNA molecule, all arranged
in a manner particular to that individual.
DNA is an acronym of the words de-
oxyribo, nucleic and acid that express the
molecule's chemical structure. This mole-
cule in the nucleus of every human cell con-
sists of nucleic acid arranged in a helix
shape like a miniature sphere just 5 microns
in diameter. (One micron equals one thou-
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sandth of a millimeter.) Nucleic acids are
exceedingly important compounds, despite
making up only 2% of our bodies. The basic
structural units of nucleic acids are nucleot-
ides. Some 6 billion nucleotides combine in
the double helix that gives rise to DNA. 16
The DNA molecule's structure resem-
bles a spiral staircase, and its architectural
regularity amazes scientists. The sides of
the staircase, made up of various sugars
and phosphates, represent the DNA mole-