THE HUMAN DNA
THE HUMAN DNA The Double Helix Decoded: Explaining Human DNA Testing to Our Fellow Earthlings Imagine, if you will, a curious squirrel perched on your windowsill, or a loyal dog tilting its head as you open a small vial. "What is this intricate ritual you humans perform," they might wonder, "this 'DNA testing'?" To explain this marvel of our science to our animal kin, we must speak not in the cold language of laboratories, but in the warm tongue of shared existence, using metaphors drawn from the very fabric of life we all inhabit. For while the application is uniquely human, the fundamental code – DNA – is the shared inheritance of every living creature on this planet. The Universal Blueprint: What is DNA? First, dear friends of fur, feather, and scale, understand this: within nearly every one of your cells, and within every one of ours, lies a master instruction manual. This isn't a book with pages, but a molecule – a fantastically long, twisted ladd...