• Question: Are the only 'rungs' of the gene 'ladder' AT, TA, GC or CG?

    Asked by Newt to Carmen, Daniel, Laura, Noel, Steph on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Carmen Denman

      Carmen Denman answered on 16 Mar 2015:


      Yep, as far as I know we haven’t discovered any new nucleotides!
      Carmen

    • Photo: Noel Carter

      Noel Carter answered on 16 Mar 2015:


      Yes. Although sometimes the bases can be modified by chemicals to change the way the DNA used by the cell as the instructions for the way the cell works

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