It’s a molecular world


DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and all other living organisms, and life as we know it is increasingly being looked at in molecular terms.

WHAT have a wholphin, a zorse, a beefalo and a mule got in common? They are all hybrids, of course. Not only do they look like a cross between two familiar animals, but more importantly, DNA analysis confirms that the hybrid’s DNA is a mixture of both parents’ DNA.

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