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Q&A In life, what might substitute for phosphorus, if only trace amounts of phosphorus is available in the environment?

What sort of xenobiochemistry would support information-carrying macromolecules like DNA if only trace amounts of phosphorus were present on an alien planet? Since the phosphoribosyl backbone of DN...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Paul Magnussen‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Paul Magnussen‭

Question space biology