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To: forsnax5
This research, described in the latest issue of the journal Nature, demonstrates that Darwinian evolution can occur in a genetic system with only two bases, and it also supports a theory in the field that an early form of life on earth may have been restricted to two bases.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Talk about straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel! The research simply shows that one can synthesize a protein using a nucleotide constructed of only two bases. All the rest is hand-waving.
61 posted on 12/19/2002 10:29:10 PM PST by aruanan
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Talk about straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel! The research simply shows that one can synthesize a protein using a nucleotide constructed of only two bases. All the rest is hand-waving.

This should read:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Talk about straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel! The research simply shows that one can synthesize an enzyme using a nucleotide constructed of only two bases. All the rest is hand-waving.

73 posted on 12/20/2002 1:49:30 AM PST by aruanan
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