Pretend that you find life from another planet on an asteroid that lands in Annville.

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Chapter8: The Structure, Replication, And Chromosomal Organization Of Dna
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Problem 17QP: Chemical analysis shows that a nucleic acid sample contains A, U, C, and G. Is this DNA or RNA? Why?
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  1. Pretend that you find life from another planet on an asteroid that lands in Annville.  Its DNA is a triple helix composed of the bases A, T, G, C, X, and Y.  The chemical composition of each is A = 24%, T = 23%, G = 11%, C = 12%, X = 21%, Y = 9%.  How does the triplet DNA form in this organism?
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