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Was arsenic able to replace Phosphorus in DNA?

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Yes

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Arsenic-tolerant GFAJ-1 bacteria were reported to have replaced some of the phosphorus (P) in their DNA with arsenic. ... These bacterial cells were very efficient at using the small amount of available phosphate in preference over the easily available arsenic. so yes.

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