A New Alphabet: Carbon-14 Natural Radioactivity May Mutate DNA Outside The Four Letters

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 12:03 in Biology & Nature

Recently, scientists have begun to make precise genetic modifications to genes in order to move a beneficial effect of one plant to another. This is not without controversy but far superior to prior methods of optimizing plant biology. The most random thing that can happen is letting natural radioactivity within DNA alter chemical compounds, providing a new pathway for genetic mutation. read more

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