In the video, Craig Venter says, "We are trying to understand basic life, by learning how to now write the genetic code. So we start with the digital code in the computer, and four bottles of chemicals, and we actually build the DNA molecule from scratch." What chemicals are in those four bottles?

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Anton Gaines

Biology

17 July, 04:09

In the video, Craig Venter says, "We are trying to understand basic life, by learning how to now write the genetic code. So we start with the digital code in the computer, and four bottles of chemicals, and we actually build the DNA molecule from scratch." What chemicals are in those four bottles?

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Bronson Pierce · Answer 1

A, C, G, T

Explanation:

The DNA is a macromolecule formed by two strands of polynucleotides forming a double helix.

These chains are composed of monomers called nucleotides, there are 4 different types in DNA, called nitrogenous bases: two purines, guanine (G) and adenine (A) and two pyrimidines, thymine (T) and cytosine (C). They are joined by covalent bonds in each chain in a complementary way. G with C and A with T.

These are the chemicals Craig Venter has in the four bottles.