RE: Secrets of a Salty Survivor

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

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It totally escapes me how studying the DNA of Halobacterium will help

humans.  Their DNA is not organized at all like those of higher life forms.

If I remember correctly, there are five copies of the DNA stands for

redundancy.

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John, I think you may be confusing Halobacterium with the Radiodurans bug...





Jaro

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