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Joseph
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Joseph asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 1 decade ago

What is the difference between DNA and Metabolism?

I keep wondering from where the source of existence had all originally came.

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  • ?
    1 decade ago
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    metabolism is a process

    dna is a bunch of nucleotides that constitute genes

  • lainiebsky
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    One is a biochemical process that takes place all the time in living organisms.

    One is sort of a genetic blueprint. They're not related except that both are properties of living things.

    Neither is connected to the source of all existence since both came along relatively late in the evolutionary process, after a certain level of complexity had already been reached.

  • Without Reason
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    What ISN'T different between DNA and metabolism? Did you even take biology?

    Source(s): Stay in school, kids.
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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  • ♣glow♣
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    DNA is a genetic sequencer.

    Metabolism is a process of breaking down chemicals.

  • d_r_siva
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    DNA

    deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of nearly all forms of life.

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/DNA

    Metabolism

    The complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells.

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metabolism?rdfrom=Me...

    DNA is material and metabolism is a continuous process.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Metabolism is a generic name for for processes which keep you alive.

    DNA is a molecule to be found in each and every cell of your body.

  • Philosoraptor
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    DNA is essentially your genetic blueprints that make you you

    Metabolism is a process of breaking down chemicals

    Source(s): This is why biology is important, please don't replace it with creationism. hintedy hint hint State of Kansas
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    One involves ribosomes and the other mitochondria

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    um....study up on quantum physics to understand how truly trippy our existence is

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