Can you imagine where we would be today if Franklin, Watson, or Crick had played
with Legos? Our generation, well ... your generation, might be immortal by now.

As all of you have no doubt noticed, this particular section¹ is minifig, not human, DNA (or indeed that of any other living thing). This is indicated by the fact that the sugar in each nucleotide (shown below) is not 2-deoxyribose, and interestingly
not even ribose, but rather legose, a sugar obtained only from the fruits
"autumn's green pride" and "pink revenge" (also shown below). The relative scarcity
of this key ingredient explains the rarity, and hence expense, of minifigs.

Through extensive sampling and data mining from various minifig populations
around the world (including fantasy era, coast guard, and belville), it has been
determined that this section is part of the gene that codes for the stud on top of
the minifigs' heads. The gene is ubiquitous in the Lego kingdom. Different alleles
of this gene result in open or closed studs, as well as studs with or without the
Lego trademark, or no stud at all in the case of the tile phenotype. Gross
aberrations in this gene results in Mega Bloks.

¹All bond angles in this model were computed with the Christiansen approximation, and are therefore only accurate to within 1 part in 3, accounting for the symmetry between major and minor grooves, among other artifacts. The authors hope to improve the model's accuracy with several dozen universal joints and a lot of SNOT (studs not on top).

Bibliography

"Explanation of X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Plates and Tiles,"

Baron Von Barron (with Brown Flying Helmet) and Caveman (Minifig Collection Vol.1),

Physical Review Legos, Jun 1956, vol. 1154.

"The Construction Toys of Rosalind Franklin, a Personal History,"

Crown Knight (Scale Mail with Chest Strap, Helmet with Broad Brim, 3 Spots under Left Eye, Quiver),

12 Feb 1973, the Billund Lego Times.

Ole Kirk Christiansen and the Modernization of Physical Chemistry,

Belville Fairy (Dark Pink with Stars Pattern, Millimy),

1978, the Lego Press.

"Tensile Strength of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene,"

Draco Malfoy (Green Quidditch Uniform), Toa Inika Hewkii, Forestman (Black, Green Hat, Red Feather), et al,

Physical Review Legos, Apr 1962, vol. 762.

"Globalized Study of Typical and Atypical Minifig Head Stud Development,"

Fright Knight - Bat Lord (with Cape), Power Miner (Doc, Gray Outfit), Aquanaut 2, et al,

Lego Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Nov 2005, vol. 643.

The Tragic Legacy of the Fruit Laws in Fantasy Era Farming,

Crown Bishop (Chess Piece) and Barraki Kalmah,

2008, the Lego University Press.

The authors wish to thank Life On Mars Assistant (with Large Visor) at the Lego Library in Billund, Denmark, for invaluable help with researching this work.

Model of the sequence (from top to bottom): AT, CG, TA, GC, GC.

Nucleotides with pairs AT (left) and CG.

A phosphate group.

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I have to go bone up on my Technic skills. I'd like to make a matching RNA strand
that is capable of splicing this section when I turn a knob (in a suitably hydrated
environment, of course).