The blueprint that makes me who I am: the story of DNA.
Inside the cell, the smallest unit that makes up our body, lies a hidden "blueprint" containing all the secrets of life. Shall we take a look together?Inside the cell nucleus are rod-shaped "chromosomes" that securely pack our genetic information. What will we find if we take a closer look at these chromosomes?As we unravel the chromosomes layer by layer, the DNA finally reveals itself in its beautiful, twisted double-helix structure!The base pairs of Adenine (A)-Thymine (T) and Guanine (G)-Cytosine (C) act as the rungs of the DNA ladder, binding only with their specific partners like magnets to securely preserve and replicate genetic information.When a cell divides, the DNA double helix unzips down the middle, and each strand creates two identical copies, passing on the information of life.The replicated DNA is passed down from parents to their children, creating the beautiful miracle that determines our unique traits, such as our eye color and hair texture.▶ Read interactively