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Why Is All DNA Right Handed?
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Why Is All DNA Right Handed?
Season 11 Episode 8 | 18m 56s | CC
The molecular basis of all life is mysteriously asymmetric, only using molecules on one side of what should be the equivalent mirrored pairs. The universe has a similar mirror asymmetry, and it may be that our very DNA inherited its twist from the underlying handedness of reality.
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