DNA is life’s blueprint. Deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule which is the building block of of all living creatures, which is why it is so important to understand its composition and purposes. Modern molecular biology studies provide a single consistent explanation for the Darwinian evolutionary theory while providing important information about adaptation and natural selection among species. Gregor Mendel was the first to conduct simple studies in order to further understand DNA. Mendel’s first experimented with heredity and DNA in 1865. His method in studying deoxyribonucleic acid focused on the hybridization of common green pea plants. He observed isolated traits with only two variants, such as color or texture. The first step in his experiment was to match the parent plants (F0 generation). Mendel’s next step was to cross the offspring from F0 generation, creating the F1 generation. He performed this experiment multiple times and kept careful count of each plant cross. Mendel was able to devise two conclusions from his experiments. Genes are transmitted from parents to their offspring to determine certain characteristics. Each one of these different genes has equal opportunity of appearing together while being transmitted when gametes are created. This is called independent assortment. Mendel’s work was widely disregarded for nearly 40 years. His research was rediscovered in 1900 and by then it was a well known fact that all living organisms are made up of cells containing DNA. The current model of cell division we use today was developed by a number of different scientists who derived the basics of their research from Mendel’s work with inheritance. Cell division allows organisms to reproduce through the process called mitosis. The reproductive material passed through genes is equally distributed within each daughter cell. During the first phase of mitosis (prophase) chromosomes condense into multiple linear chromosomes