DNA. What is it made of? How does it makes us what we are? How and why do we share the same DNA with animals, plants, fruits, etc. ?
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>DNA. What is it made of?
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>How does it makes us what we are?
For more information, this process is known as transcription and translation. If you do an internet search for “transcription and translation for students,” you will find tons of helpful results. [Here’s one video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKIpDtJdK8Q) [Here is one page of text with pictures.](https://www.atdbio.com/content/14/Transcription-Translation-and-Replication)
Imagine DNA is like a recipe book, and the food made based on the recipe is you. The DNA doesn’t actually *do* anything, it is a template. Reading and carrying out the template/recipe is transcription and translation.
>How and why do we share the same DNA with animals, plants, fruits, etc. ?
Life on Earth is all made of the same types of molecules, broadly speaking. Not *exactly* the same, but we’re all made of similar enough stuff that, for example, you can eat animals, plants, and fruits, your body breaks down their molecules into smaller pieces, and then can stick those pieces together to make more molecules for your own body. So for instance, DNA gets broken down into [the individual nucleic acids.](https://www.genome.gov/sites/default/files/tg/en/illustration/nucleotide.jpg) Proteins get broken down into [individual amino acids.](https://beautiflworid.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Protein-amino-acids-1024×376.png) Plant molecules and human molecules are both made of the same basic parts, just in a different order. Similar to a chapter book for children and a big boring textbook both using all the same letters.
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