DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.
Sep 16, 2021•15 min
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Episode description
The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this exception is possible and hints that it could be more common than we think.
The post DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth. first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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