At a genetic level we are more than 99.9% identical to one another.
But what is it that makes us all unique?
The 0.1% of DNA that is different.
This small percent represents millions of genetic differences (variations) that determine your physical characteristics – such as the colour of your skin to the likelihood of how fast your skin will age.

DNA is our instruction manual, the building blocks of life. It contains all the information needed to form a fully functional body. DNA influences most of our characteristic and enables various cells to work together. Most DNA is located in the nucleus of a cell while a small amount of DNA can be found in the Mitochondria, known as the ‘power plants’ of a cell.

DNA contains 2 strands of building blocks called nucleotides arranged like a spiral staircase (known as the double helix). Each nucleotide includes 3 parts: a phosphate group, a sugar molecule and one of 4 bases Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine or Thymine. Within this elegant design scientists are able to see how nature stores the instructions to build all living things.

Human DNA has at least 3,000,000,000 (3 billion) nucleotides in sequence.The order or sequence of these chemical bases determines the information available for building the human body – similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet when used in different combinations form words and sentences.

Humans just like all species on this planet share commonalities. But how much do we really have in common
with a Chimpanzee, a Dog, a Mouse or even a Fish?