PLAY PODCASTS
DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth.

The Quanta Podcast

September 16, 202115m 1s

Show Notes

The DNA of some viruses doesn’t use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this exception is possible and hints that it could be more common than we think.

The post DNA Has Four Bases. Some Viruses Swap in a Fifth. first appeared on Quanta Magazine