Base invaders
Article Abstract:
The DNA's original selective edge was that it allowed viruses to avoid the host's defenses. Many cells repel invaders by degrading their genetic material, but enzymes that had evolved to break down RNA would have ignored DNA.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing, Drugs, Deoxyribonucleic Acid, DNA, Viruses, Origin
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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Fossils challenge DNA in the dating game
Article Abstract:
The article discusses the deoxyribonucleic acid analysis done on living mammals to derive the age of their existence.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
Genetic aspects, Natural history, Mammals, Fossil, Fossil mammals
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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Subjects list: Research, United States, Genetic research
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