How can just four nitrogenous bases--adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil--possibly code for all 20 amino acids? Thus, early researchers quickly determined that the smallest combination of As, Cs, ...
Tinkers are complexes of amino acid polymers (colored spheres) and DNA flipons (wireframes). Tinkers self-amplify with DNA and peptide strands promoting the synthesis of each other. Early on, tinkers ...
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An ancient fossil breaks nature’s secret life code
Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.
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