A series of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order.
From Latin 'sequentia' from 'sequi' meaning to follow. Originally used in medieval music for hymns that followed the Alleluia, then expanded to mean any ordered succession.
DNA sequencing revolutionized biology by treating genetic information like text - the four DNA bases (A,T,G,C) function like a four-letter alphabet that writes the instructions for all life, showing how sequence and information are fundamentally connected.
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