tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16621011.post4908886868895859622..comments2024-03-04T05:43:21.206-05:00Comments on H. P. Lovecraft And His Legacy: Arsenic containing DNAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16621011.post-86023136149479141962010-12-07T21:00:06.190-05:002010-12-07T21:00:06.190-05:00"Now, DNA is shown to have arsenic substitute...<i>"Now, DNA is shown to have arsenic substituted for phosphorus."</i><br /><br />This seems not to be the case, as such DNA would rapidly fall apart under the conditions used to isolate it, yet the DNA was still in very long strands. See for example http://scienceblogs.com/webeasties/2010/12/guest_post_arsenate-based_dna.php . Other objections to the experiment, both methodology and conclusions, have also been presented, such as Rosie Redfield's. So it still looks like all terrestrial life uses the same basic biochemistry, as inherited from our shoggoth ancestors.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985843455089174060noreply@blogger.com