# DNA and heredity

Parents pass instructions to their young in a long chain of four letters. After Watson, Crick, Franklin and others found its shape (1953), reading and copying it became possible.

Connects to:
- [Computation](https://mapideas.org/i/mat_computation)
- [The cell](https://mapideas.org/i/li_cell)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: DNA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA)
- [Wikipedia: Heredity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heredity)

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