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streptomycin
16y ago
Basically, when a cell divides, it needs to produce an extra copy of DNA. One for each daughter cell. The DNA in your cells is double stranded, which means it is basically two copies of your DNA stuck together. So each one of those copies n
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streptomycin
16y ago
Not really. For instance, people have been looking for 5'-3' DNA polymerase for decades, because it seems like it would be a simpler mechanism for DNA replication than how it really works. But it doesn't seem to exist anywhere.