The marvelous DNA and it’s principle of complimentary!
The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people. The order, or sequence, of these bases determines the information available for building and maintaining an organism, similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet appear in a certain order to form words and sentences.
An important property of DNA is that it can replicate, or make copies of itself. Each strand of DNA in the double helix can serve as a pattern for duplicating the sequence of bases. This is critical when cells divide because each new cell needs to have an exact copy of the DNA present in the old cell.
If you wish to get experimented with the DNA origami, you can download the pdf here: Pdf download link
It is a perfect activity to learn with your little ones the principle of complimentary and beginning to explore and decode the mysterious DNA!
Concept: Latrakia
Photo Credits: Dimitris Tsiapas
Very creative and educational. You must have had a lot of patience, a virtue for few.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
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