The nucleus is at the heart of the cell and within the nucleus is DNA ( Deoxyribonucleic acid )
Nucleus
DNA
James Watson & Francis Crick
Wiki
Francis Crick together with James D. Watson are noted for being the co-
DNA
DNA has been likened to a twisted rope ladder. There are 3 thousand million (3 billion) rungs on this ladder!!
The main role of DNA molecules is the long-
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
BLUEPRINT
CODE
Bill Gates
Microsoft Founder
DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created
Some like to call it ...
A RECIPE BOOK
It is in fact the ‘Recipe Book’ containing the recipes for 100,000 different types of protein!
We shall refer to it as a ‘Recipe Book’ throughout this article.
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The two vertical strands are called sugar phosphate backbones
At the end of each horizontal rung is one of four nucleotides
BACKBONE
NUECLEOTIDE
It is the vertical sequence of these four nucleotides along the backbone that is the ‘recipe’ for making proteins
ADENINE
THYMINE
CYTOSINE
GUANINE
“He shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God”
Deuteronomy 17:19
CREATION
Part Two