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T. Ryan Gregory Jul 19, 2023

Your DNA helix is backwards, btw.

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Negative12DollarBill Jul 19, 2023

@TRyanGregory
How can a helix be “backward” exactly?

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zenkat Jul 20, 2023

@negative12dollarbill @TRyanGregory DNA is a chiral molecule, and always twists to the right (clockwise) as it goes up. The Faux News illustration twists to the left.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/apr/30/dna-twist-to-right

DNA's twist to the right is not to be meddled with, so let's lose the lefties

Adam Rutherford: It has a simplicity that disguises its colossal power – a ladder twisting up to the right. Yet all too often DNA is misrepresented

The Guardian

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SteveP 🇨🇦

@zenkat @negative12dollarbill @TRyanGregory I'm more shocked to realize Cookie Monster's right eye MUST be higher than the left (in the photo. I suppose it would be HIS left eye is higher)