In a world where our food is genetically modified, genetic evidence can be used in court, and cancer has been linked back to mutations in DNA, it’s important for us to have a basic understanding of how the stuff works.
This five minute cartoon will give you a basic understanding of how DNA oversees the construction of living things.
The knowledge dropped in this video was inspired by the writings of Richard Dawkins, and the college text book “Biology” by Campbell and Reece (8th edition).
Molecules and chemical reactions depicted in this video are displayed in a stylized form and are not necessarily to scale. Many details have been left out for purposes of simplification.
