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#1 2005-08-24 20:57:48
- Jai Ganesh
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What next?
What comes next in the series?
A, T, G, C, _
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#2 2005-08-24 21:11:51
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Re: What next?
Adenosine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine, ... ? DNA is fun!
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#3 2005-08-24 21:38:23
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Re: What next?
I expected this would happen....... 
A, T, G, C are NOT
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine.
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#4 2005-08-24 23:55:08
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Thank goodness, because I had no idea what came after Cytosine ... 
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#5 2005-08-25 16:15:58
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Re: What next?
A, T, G, C..next comes L
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer,..Leo.
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#6 2005-08-25 21:53:22
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Re: What next?
If it was DNA, you would have several thousand, million possibilities. ATGC are the only protein bases for DNA.
Good one Ganesh, BTW.
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#7 2005-08-25 23:03:59
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Re: What next?
maybe, after ATCG is U.
Uracil is another nitrogenous base of a nucleic acid (RNA, not DNA)
There are only two possible combinations of these nitrogenous base:
AT and CG
Other than that, there is no possible combination as T cannot form hydrogen bond with C and G and A cannot form hydrogen bond with C and G
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#8 2005-08-26 00:14:04
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LOL !!
There you go, ganesh, there is a genetic answer !
Thanks for that, ahgua.
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