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Title: DNA Can duplicate itself without an enzyme
Post by: Mitch on April 03, 2004, 08:13:14 PM

Self replicating DNA? Could this molecule of been the precurssor to life, instead of RNA?

You can read more here: http://www.nature.com/nsu/040329/040329-7.html

Title: Re:DNA Can duplicate itself without an enzyme
Post by: Donaldson Tan on April 04, 2004, 11:24:44 AM

BTW German scientists have successfully synthesised a Si-based molecule that can self-replicate 3-4yr ago

Title: Re:DNA Can duplicate itself without an enzyme
Post by: Mitch on April 04, 2004, 05:31:59 PM

self assemble or self-replicate?

Title: Re:DNA Can duplicate itself without an enzyme
Post by: Donaldson Tan on April 05, 2004, 12:59:44 PM

replicate.. just like the DNA reconstructing itself in cell synthesis..

Title: Re:DNA Can duplicate itself without an enzyme
Post by: One Armed Scissor on April 11, 2004, 12:47:38 AM

that's cool but also crappy at the same time - it goes at 100,000 times slower than DNA polymerase? That's slow.