Each cell in a Luna Moth contains DNA in its nucleus. For each Luna Moth the DNA, the genome, is identical in each cell of that particular moth. The genome contains a full set of chromosomes, which are all the building instructions and inheritable traits of an organism. The genome is alive and a part of the tissue of the moth. It carries in its living tissue and the full living memory of how to conduct each of the stages in the life-cycle of the moth.
The eggs, the larvae, the pupae, and finally the adult moth. So the adult moth engages in “adult behavior” of a sexual nature. During mating the living DNA in the sperm from the male is ejected from its phallus across an open space into the body of the female, where it enters her genital chamber. For the moth the open space may be about a millimeter, yet the sperm, loaded with living DNA, it is definitely outside the physical structure of either moth.
The only time in the life cycle of the moth when the living DNA crosses an open space outside the body is during mating. The sperm then sits in this open space, inside the female genital chamber, until the eggs, containing the living DNA of the female, are laid by the female.
Each sperm is a single cell, yet it is alive. The DNA genome carries memory or information identical to that of every other genome in the body of the male moth. Each egg is a single cell which is equally alive. It contains within itself memory or information identical to that of every other genome in the body of the female moth.
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The eggs, the larvae, the pupae, and finally the adult moth. So the adult moth engages in “adult behavior” of a sexual nature. During mating the living DNA in the sperm from the male is ejected from its phallus across an open space into the body of the female, where it enters her genital chamber. For the moth the open space may be about a millimeter, yet the sperm, loaded with living DNA, it is definitely outside the physical structure of either moth.
The only time in the life cycle of the moth when the living DNA crosses an open space outside the body is during mating. The sperm then sits in this open space, inside the female genital chamber, until the eggs, containing the living DNA of the female, are laid by the female.
Each sperm is a single cell, yet it is alive. The DNA genome carries memory or information identical to that of every other genome in the body of the male moth. Each egg is a single cell which is equally alive. It contains within itself memory or information identical to that of every other genome in the body of the female moth.
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