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The video explains the structure and incredible complexity of the DNA code (human genome). It compares the DNA code with the computer code in an interesting way.
As computer machine language, the binary language, uses only two types of letters 1s and 0s, the DNA code uses 4 letters A, G, C and T.
These four letters are actually
four chemicals named Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine. These are called the four bases or nucleotides.
Just like a computer program is a sequence of binary numbers i.e. ones and zeros, which instructs the computer, what to do.
In the same way all the functions that are taking place inside the cells of the body are controlled by an incredibly complex and extremely long code written in the DNA.
A computer program may be hundreds to thousands of letters long. But this DNA code is nearly 3 billion letters long having a copy of the code placed inside all the tiny cells.
Surprisingly, even if you type at 60 words per minute, for eight hours per day!
It would take around 50 years to type out the entire DNA code! And never forget that this code is not just about length but also unbelievably complex which instructs and controls the complicated functions of our body!
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