Sentences with phrase «too simple a molecule»

Scientists initially thought that DNA was too simple a molecule to be able to carry genetic information.

To them, DNA was too simple a molecule to be able to carry that sort of complex information and proteins showed much more variation.

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Scientists have long known that ribose molecules, a key constituent of RNA, form easily in Miller's «prebiotic soup,» but they normally break down too quickly to link together to form this simple genetic material.

But it doesn't, and the simple reason is that boswellic acid is much too heavy a molecule to be volatile.

I predict they will mutate the argument, and with a completely straight face — the effect of carbon dioxide will turn out to be «more complicated», scientists will rediscover that the molecule emits infra red too — and now rather than just simple warming, it will be responsible for «transforming regional patterns», «shifting layers» and «wandering jet streams».