Suppose an alien form of life is discovered on Mars. Which of the following macromolecules would have to be discovered in this creature before scientists could suggest that life on Earth and life on Mars have similar methods for storing and transmitting genetic information? A. lipid B .complex carbohydrate C. protein D. polynucleotide
A. Lipids are used in membranes, no genetic info here B. Complex carbohydrates, make up sugars, we don't have DNA in here. C. Protein, circa 1900 was thought to carry our genetic information, unfortunately, we don't live in 1900. D. Nucleotide kind of sounds like nucleic acid to me... Now what sort of thing do we have in our cells that has some nucleic acids... Sorry for the sarcasm, D is the correct answer as DNA is a deoxyribose nucleic acid and carries the genetic information for cells.
ya D is the ansa...contains d genes
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