Page 44 - If Darwin Had Known about DNA
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Harun Yahya


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                                     Every nucleotide contains roughly 34 atoms. Since there are a
                                     total of 6 billion nucleotides in DNA, 204 billion atoms (34
                                     times 6,000,000,000) are bonded to one another, by our Lord's
                                     choosing, in such a way as to constitute a human being.


                                         … [E]ach nucleotide has to be "written" in pre-
                                         cisely the correct order and in precisely the cor-
                                         rect location in the DNA molecule for the off-
                                         spring to remain viable, and as described earli-
                                         er, major functional disorders in humans, ani-
                                         mals, and plants are caused by the loss or dis-
                                         placement of a single DNA molecule, or even a
                                         single nucleotide within that molecule. 21
                                         Every base sequence in the DNA strip–the
                                     arrangement of the nucleotides adenine, thy-

                                     mine, cytosine and guanine in the cell nucle-
                                     us–constitutes a genetic text containing infor-
                                     mation needed for the building of essential pro-
                                     teins. From that point of view, it is noteworthy
                                     that DNA maintains its regular structure on the
                                     one hand while on the other having an arrange-

                                     ment that permits information diversity.



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                                         A single DNA strip in human cells consists
                                     of around 3 billion base pairs and is approxi-
                                     mately 2 meters long. Both chains of that length
                                     need to be reduced in size to dimensions invis-
                                     ible to the eye. Similarly to the way in which a
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