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Published online 12 March 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.160
Column: Muse
There's more to life than sequences
The shape of DNA can play a crucial role in genetics, says Philip Ball.
Everyone knows what DNA looks like. Its double helix decorates countless articles on genetics, has been celebrated in sculpture and was even engraved on the Golden Record, our message to the cosmos on board the Voyager spacecraft.
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