How can just four nitrogenous bases--adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil--possibly code for all 20 amino acids? Thus, early researchers quickly determined that the smallest combination of As, Cs, ...
The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...
An illustration of E. coli. Scientists have been racing to shrink the genetic code of this bacterium. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The DNA of nearly all life on Earth is made ...
A speech attributed to Bill Gates, circulating under the title 'Seeds and Code', has sparked global controversy over claims that the billionaire philanthropist envisions a future in which life itself ...