A long chain biological polymer that acts as a store of genetic information using the sequence of 4 bases held inside a double spiral made from a sugar-containing backbone.
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Can Peruvian shamans access information at the molecular level through the ingestion of ayahua?
I am researching the pseudoscience surrounding psychedelics and, in particular, DMT for a paper.
I read anthropologist Dr Jeremy Narby's book The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge a ...
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Do humans share 99% of their DNA with rats?
I keep hearing this claim that a lab "rat has 99% of the DNA of a human?" Is that so? What exactly does this mean? One source for this claim seems to CNN which only says,
"About 99 percent of ...
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Is the rate of Human Evolution Slowing down? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is human evolution slowing down?
I know that this question already exists and have read through. Is human evolution slowing down?
Mutations have to happen agreed, but ...
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Do corporations own human DNA sequences?
I came across the claim that Human DNA sequences are now owned by corporations:
FACT: HUMAN DNA SEQUENCES ARE NOW OWNED BY CORPORATIONS
Is this true?
If so, what does this mean?
(I realise ...
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Does the DNA of one sperm contain 37.5 MB of information?
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In an episode of the BBC show QI - Quite Interesting (Series J, Episode 1) Stephen Fry said:
How much information do you think is in the DNA of one little sperm...?
It's 37.5 MB...
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Length of uncoiled human DNA
I recently came across this fact:
There's enough DNA in the human body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back.
A couple of "Bollocks!" alarms began to chime in my head. While I expect that it ...
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Is there more genetic difference between men and women than men and monkeys?
I got into trouble with someone yesterday for poo-pooing this idea as it smelled of apples and oranges to me.
The specific statistic was that genetically there is a 5% difference between men and ...
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Does 528 Hz “facilitate DNA repair”?
There is a somewhat common belief that playing a tone at 528Hz can help to facilitate DNA repair.
Examples:
The frequency of 528 Hz supposedly has healing effects on DNA. The
frequency seems to ...
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Nucleotides on asteroids confirm life was created out of inorganic matter? [closed]
According to a recent NASA article about the discovery of nucleotides on a meteorite(so this is a claim, right?):
CLAIM:
NASA-funded researchers have evidence that some building blocks of
DNA, ...
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Does DNA add credibility to the theory of evolution?
I have yet to make up my mind regarding the theory of evolution. Whilst doing some reading on dnafish I read that DNA itself provides evidence for the theory of evolution:
Yeast, trees, flowers, ...
