The Building Plan Recorded in Human DNA

Part 1· ~6 min read

Before the construction of a house begins, an architectural plan is drawn up, and the materials to be used in construction must be determined and obtained. Different shapes and sized of timber, nails, insulation…

Part 2· ~4 min read

The fertilization of an egg by a spermatozon is the beginning of a new human life. When the sperm and egg encounter one another, they are biologically able to recognize one another thanks to the way that the…

Part 3· ~3 min read

The structure resulting from an egg and a sperm combining together is given the name zygote and consists of a single cell. The first zygote has to multiply in order to assume human size and shape. The cell begins…

Part 4· ~6 min read

During cell division, every cell possesses all the complex contents described earlier, including mRNA, tRNA, ribosomes, proteins, and enzymes. Some 5,000 of these are produced in one second. 105 In the words of Prof.…

Part 5· ~8 min read

The way cells produce a variety of different proteins and develop different organs in a programmed manner, is referred to in medical language as differentiation or morphogenesis. Cells become differentiated as they…

Part 6· ~3 min read

One of the genes' most important tasks is controlling how embryos develop. Intensive adjustments during this process mean that the dividing cell's DNA is copied accurately, that any errors in the DNA are rectified…

Part 7· ~5 min read

Cell division takes place in two fundamental ways, and each occurs at just the right time and in just the right way. The first of these, meiosis, takes place during fertilization and is a form of division of the…

Part 8· ~8 min read

The importance of the perfection and order inside the DNA molecule is revealed by genetic diseases. A single molecule's error could damage, or even kill, the human being concerned. But these molecules clearly behave…