2005 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2005. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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Is there any rhyme or reason to naming the four chemical bases?
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Kris Wetterstrand, M.S.: The four bases are adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, often represented as A, G, C and T. These names reflect the chemical structure of these bases. |
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