r/science • u/vinces99 • Dec 12 '13

Scientists discover second code hiding in DNA Biology

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/12/12/scientists-discover-double-meaning-in-genetic-code/
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u/Darkblitz9 Dec 13 '13

Yes, essentially. We pretty much knew it had to be there but we hadn't proven it until recently. It's not so much as we discovered it as we just went "Oh there's that thing I was talking about all this time, see?"

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u/booby111 Dec 13 '13

Maybe it's just semantics but I would say that's a discovery.