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  2. Genetics in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The geneticist Dan Koboldt observes that while science and technology play major roles in fiction, from fantasy and science fiction to thrillers, the representation of science in both literature and film is often unrealistic. [28] In Koboldt's view, genetics in fiction is frequently oversimplified, and some myths are common and need to be debunked.

  3. Hypothetical types of biochemistry - Wikipedia

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    Alternative nucleic acids Alternative biochemistry Different genetic storage Xeno nucleic acids (XNA) may possibly be used in place of RNA or DNA. XNA is the general term for a nucleic acid with an altered sugar backbone. Examples of XNA are: [5] TNA, which uses threose; HNA, which uses 1,5-anhydrohexitol; GNA, which uses glycol;

  4. Biology in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Boris Karloff in James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.The monster is created by an unorthodox biology experiment.. Biology appears in fiction, especially but not only in science fiction, both in the shape of real aspects of the science, used as themes or plot devices, and in the form of fictional elements, whether fictional extensions or applications of ...

  5. DNA - Wikipedia

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    DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids. Alongside proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), nucleic acids are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life. The two DNA strands are known as polynucleotides as they are composed of simpler monomeric units called nucleotides.

  6. DNA (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    DNA, an American science fiction action film; DNA, a French drama film; DNA (British TV series), a British television crime drama, aired in 2004 and 2006; DNA (Danish TV series), a Danish television crime drama starring Anders W. Berthelsen, aired in 2019 and 2023 "DNA" , a 1991 episode of Red Dwarf

  7. Nucleic acid - Wikipedia

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    Nucleic acids RNA (left) and DNA (right). Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that are crucial in all cells and viruses. [1] They are composed of nucleotides, which are the monomer components: a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. The two main classes of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid ...

  8. Xenobiology - Wikipedia

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    So far a number of XNAs with new chemical backbones or leaving group of the DNA have been synthesized, [3] [16] [17] [18] e.g.: hexose nucleic acid (HNA); threose nucleic acid (TNA), [19] glycol nucleic acid (GNA) cyclohexenyl nucleic acid (CeNA). [20] The incorporation of XNA in a plasmid, involving 3 HNA codons, has been accomplished already ...

  9. Nuclear DNA - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear DNA is a nucleic acid, a polymeric biomolecule or biopolymer, found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.Its structure is a double helix, with two strands wound around each other, a structure first described by Francis Crick and James D. Watson (1953) using data collected by Rosalind Franklin.