DNA

See also

Complexity

Genes

Information, genetic, new

Junk DNA

Preservation of DNA

Pseudogenes

Resources

Claim CB180: The genetic code is a language

Brief response in the Index to Creationist Claims in the TalkOrigins Archive.

Is DNA Like a Blueprint, a Computer Program, or a List of Ingredients?

Article. One of the best explanations around about what DNA actually is and how it is not like a blueprint or a computer program.

Common misunderstandings genetics (subsection ‘Genes as a blueprint’)

Section of a Wikipedia article.

DNA

Video in the How Creationism Taught Me Real Science series.

The Structure of DNA

DNA Replication

Video by Jackson Wheat. These videos can help understanding of what DNA actually is - a molecule rather than a code per se.

Can evolution generate new information?

Article on the BioLogos website. Includes a look at what we mean when we say that DNA is 'information'.

Just a Spoonful of DNA Helps Creationism Go Down - Creation Today Claims

Video by Paulogia, looking at Creation Today's claim that 5 trillion CDs would be needed to store the data contained in one teaspoon of human DNA. The problem is that one teaspoon would contain 700 billion identical copies of the genome. Instead, the human genome is about 715 megabytes, which would fit on 'one single 2012-era CD-ROM'. See the video for details.