Why are genes and DNA called the language of life?

Answer 1

The Blueprint of Life Every cell in your body has the same "blueprint" or the same DNA. Like the blueprints of a house tell the builders how to construct a house, the DNA "blueprint" tells the cell how to build the organism. Yet, how can a heart be so different from a brain if all the cells contain the same instructions? Although much work remains in genetics, it has become apparent that a cell has the ability to turn off most genes and only work with the genes necessary to do a job. We also know that a lot of DNA apparently is nonsense and codes for nothing. These regions of DNA that do not code for proteins are called "introns", or sometimes "junk DNA". The sections of DNA that do actually code from proteins are called "exons".

Answer 2

Genes and DNA are called 'the language of life' because they code for all unique organisms. These organisms are unique because the unique set of nucleotides from the DNA reflects into the physical characteristics of those organisms.

Answer 3

DNA holds within in it the instructions to build every single cell of the body, kind of like the binary code of a computer programme. On their own, these 0s and 1s and A,T,G and Cs mean nothing but all together they code something far greater.

Answer 4

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