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What DNA Actually Looks Like

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What DNA Actually Looks Like
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What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 1, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Many of us learned about DNA with colorful illustrations of a double helix. But now, we have an actual photograph of a DNA strand, from an electron microscope.


http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ar...ke/265713/
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 1, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Whooooooa, cool!
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 1, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Wow!
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 1, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Wow, that's really cool.
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm (This post was last modified: December 1, 2012 at 8:03 pm by 5thHorseman.)
I was expecting it to be penis shaped.
But seriously, that is so cool. Great find Ray.
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 2, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Its amazing how ugly everything looks up close.
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RE: What DNA Actually Looks Like
December 2, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Why is that ugly? o_O
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