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See Nature Dennett, Daniel, 102-3 Deoxyribonucleic acid. See DNA Descendants. See Ancestors and descendants Digital code: in modern genetics, 17-20; in modern technology, 13-14 Distance, 73, 74 DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid): cells and, 154; characteristics of, 7-8, 144, 150; effects of sex on DNA history, 39-41, 46-47; forerunner of, 151; БЂњjunk,БЂ«18; mitochondrial, 46-49; phenotypes and, 152-53; replication of, 144, 150, 154; as a river of information, xii, 4, 39; as self-copying molecules, 144; survival of, 105-6, 120, 131, 150. See also Genes; Genetic code Earth, 136, 138. See also Replication bomb Embryology, 153 Embryos: development of, 24-27; enzymes in, 25; gastrulation, 25-26; genes in, 24-25, 26-28, 129-30; individual differences and, 26-28; polarity of, 24-25 Engineering, reverse, 102-3, 104 Enzymes, 22-23, 25 Eukaryotic cells, 46, 154. See also Mitochondria Evolution: African Eve, 33; Argument from Personal Incredulity, 70, 77, 91-92; cultural myths of, 31-33; cytochrome c and, 43-44; evolutionary intermediates, 59-60, 61, 70-84, 87-93; evolutionary stable sex ratio, 108-9, 110; of eyes, 77-83; genetic processes of, 2-3, 4-11, 83-84; theory of, 44; time of, 77-83 ...»