Editing Candy DNA (section)

== Why This Works ==

''DNA'', or '''D'''eoxyribo'''N'''ucleic '''A'''cid, is what contains the instructions on how a living organism is built. Everything about you, from the color of your eyes to the length of your toes, is coded in your DNA! There are four main molecules in our DNA: Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine. These molecules form what we call ''Base Pairs'', where only Adenine and Thymine will match with each other (A-T) and Cytosine and Guanine will only pair with each other as well (C-G). By arranging the pattern of base pairs in different ways, our DNA can create a coded message on how certain parts of our bodies form, develop and grow. The outside walls of our DNA don't stay straight, looking like a ladder. Instead, because our DNA is so long, it coils up, and takes on a ''double helix'' shape to better fit inside the cells.