Sentences with phrase «contains nucleobases»
Two years ago, Zita Martins from Leiden showed that the meteorite contains nucleobases.
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Chemical analysis showed that the meteorite contains xanthine and uracil, substances called nucleobases that are necessary for RNA and DNA to form their base pairs as part of their replication process.
We know that meteorites contain amino acids and even nucleobases, but not whether they scooped up those molecules from dust clouds or created them later, on their interplanetary course.