Trixie
Member (Idle past 3733 days) Posts: 1011 From: Edinburgh Joined: 01-03-2004
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Message 18 of 21 (108255)
05-14-2004 5:43 PM
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Reply to: Message 10 by SumNemo
05-14-2004 11:52 AM
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Polymerisation of amino acids
No matter what the reason, whether the heat was left on too long or not, amino acids will NEVER polymerise into DNA. If amino acids polymerise they form proteins. The only monomers which could form DNA by polymerisation are dideoxy nucleotides. Chemically these are totally different from amino acids. Consider this - if I string together a whole bunch of paper clips, how likely is it that at the end of the process the paperclips have all transmogrified into daisies to make a daisy chain?
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