About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 58. Chapters: Biological evolution, Evolutionary biology, Evolution stubs, Phylogenetics, DNA, Charles Darwin, Cladogenesis, Common descent, Evolutionary grade, Evolutionary radiation, Heterodont, Modern evolutionary synthesis, Molecular clock, Most recent common ancestor, Natural selection, Paleornithology, Phylogenetics, Punctuated equilibrium, Small shelly fauna, Speciation, Analogy, Andreolepididae, Cladogenesis, Evolutionary biology, Meganthropus, Molecular clock, Molecular evolution, Multiregional origin of modern humans, Natural selection, Phylogenetic bracketing, Recent African origin of modern humans, Analogy, Body plan, Chronospecies, Cladogenesis, Common descent, Convergent evolution, Cope's rule, DNA, Evolution, Evolutionary arms race, Homology, Living fossil, Molecular evolution, Most recent common ancestor, Natural selection, Paleobiology, Punctuated equilibrium, Reversion, Speciation, Transitional fossil, Analogy, Basal, Bullatosauria, Chronospecies, Cladistics, Cladogenesis, Crown group, Derived, Elvis taxon, Holophyly, Homology, Jacques Gauthier, Maximum parsimony, Molecular clock, Monophyly, Most recent common ancestor, Neighbor-joining, Outgroup, Paraphyly, Pedomorphosis, Phylogenetic bracketing, Phylogenetic nomenclature, Phylogenetic tree, Polyphyly, Stem group, Synapomorphy, Tree of Life Web Project, Zombie taxon. Excerpt: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses. The main role of DNA molecules is the long-term storage of information. DNA is often compared to a set of blueprints or a recipe, or a code, since it contains the instructions needed to construct other components ofcells, such as proteins and RNA molecules. The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in regulati...
