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That was amazing! Especially the machinery of the second part where the DNA strand is replicated backwards!
by haskman 9y ago
That was amazing! Especially the machinery of the second part where the DNA strand is replicated backwards!
- im3w1l 9y agoThat looks more error-prone, wonder if that copy has more mutations...
- ekianjo 9y agoyeah I am wondering if there is any research on that particular matter.
- Palomides 9y agoyes, e.g. [1], but there are specialized repair mechanisms that operate at the same time, so the 'final' error rate is much lower than the 'initial' rate. [1]: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/abs/nature14183.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7540/abs/nature14...
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- pfd1986 9y agoHave a look at this lecture. It's really well explained, at a undergrad level, how the cell keeps the error rate low. Quite impressive, imo. https://youtu.be/DRBREvFL19g https://youtu.be/DRBREvFL19g