Understanding DNA: The Blueprint of Life

🧬 What Is DNA?


🧠 What is DNA?

DNA is like an instruction book inside your body.

  • It tells your body how to grow
  • It decides things like:
    • Eye color πŸ‘€
    • Hair type πŸ’‡
    • Height πŸ“

Every living thing has DNA!


πŸ“ Where is DNA found?

  • DNA is inside almost every cell in your body
  • It is stored in the nucleus of the cell

🧠 Your body has trillions of cells, and each cell has DNA!


🧬 What does DNA look like?

DNA looks like:

  • A twisted ladder
  • This shape is called a double helix

πŸ”€ What is DNA made of?

DNA has 4 tiny building blocks:

  • A – Adenine
  • T – Thymine
  • C – Cytosine
  • G – Guanine

They pair up like this:

  • A ↔ T
  • C ↔ G

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§ Where does DNA come from?

  • You get half from your mother
  • And half from your father

That’s why you look like your parents!


🧠 Easy to remember

DNA is the instruction book for life


⭐ Fun facts for kids

  • If you stretch all your DNA, it would reach the Sun and back many times!
  • Human DNA is 99.9% the same for everyone
  • DNA helps doctors solve crimes and diseases

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