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		kjkjadksj 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA bui... The nucleobases can self polymerize into nucleic acids

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pfdietz 4 days ago [–]

Since nucleobases contain neither sugars nor phosphates, no they can't.

kjkjadksj 4 days ago | [–]

Nucleotides*

pfdietz 4 days ago | | [–]

They didn't discover nucleotides on this asteroid.

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