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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:23 PM Original message |
Space rock contains organic molecular feast (BBC) |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. 70 amino acids? Wow! There are only 22 amino acids used in terrestrial life |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oddly enough, it might very well be about the same. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Actually it's limited by information capacity and fidelity in DNA. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Furthermore, adding more bases wouldn't accomplish much if you *could* do it. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommend |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. That is so cool! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yum, yum, where's my cut? |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Aren't amino acids very complex? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-15-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. most are quite simple, really.... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Not really. Amino acids are more complex than, say, methane, but ... |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wonder if they could reverse engineer a new DNA formula to transcribe the new amino acids. |
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