Genetic coding: Roots of genetic readout in nucleic acid structural duality

Genetic coding: Roots of genetic readout in nucleic acid structural duality Charles W. Carter, Jr, from the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explores the roots of genetic readout in the inherent structural duality of DNA and how genetic coding expanded its potential, enabling life to emerge. One of Nature's most ingenious inventions, the genetic code unlocked a vast molecular machinery enabling independently living cells to emerge from the complex chemistry that preceded the origin of life.