2007-09-27 10:46:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Because it contains the blue print for all the proteins.
2007-09-30 15:13:23 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a slightly romanticizing expression, probably from before the days we knew how to sequence the DNA of a whole organism.
Today DNA sequences have more become an IP rights enforcement issue for patent/IP attorneys than anything else. Sadly, one has to say, the US legal system has wholeheartedly sold out on that "secret".
2007-09-27 11:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA is a molecule capable of replication and information storage. As such chains of molecules made of DNA can form genes.
2007-09-27 12:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never heard that but if i had to guess then i would say becuase if we could completely understand it %100 then we could take the defects in humans such as disabilities and weakness and make everyone perfect by reconstructing it.
2007-09-27 10:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by Just wanna know. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's kind of like an instruction manual for some very complicated device and it's written in an alien language. if you can figure it out, you can figure out how the device works
2007-09-27 11:54:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it holds the coding for every living thing.
2007-09-27 11:06:52 · answer #6 · answered by Cassie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh... Its a secret.
2007-09-27 10:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by .G. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋