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You are a scientist. Somehow, you get a hold of a sample from a celestial body located far away from Earth. Some of your colleagues allege that the sample has evidence of life in that other part of the universe. What tests would you perform to support the hypothesis that the sample may have contained traces of past life?

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You could test for dna with restriction enzymes or test for proteins with random enzymes
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