Suppose that life exists elsewhere in the universe. All life must contain some type of genetic information, but alien genomes might not consist of nucleic acids or have the same features as those found in the genomes of life on Earth. What might be the common features of all genomes, no matter where they exist?

a. the ability to allow acquired traits to become incorporated into the genetic material

b. a large and varyýing number of building blocks that can reflect the complexity of lving organisms.

c. the entire set of information an organism, needs for reproduction organismS and development

d. must not be able to mutate to new forms

e. the ability to replicate the genetic information accurately for the next generation

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Biology

Savanna Liu

8 January, 07:02

Suppose that life exists elsewhere in the universe. All life must contain some type of genetic information, but alien genomes might not consist of nucleic acids or have the same features as those found in the genomes of life on Earth. What might be the common features of all genomes, no matter where they exist?

a. the ability to allow acquired traits to become incorporated into the genetic material

b. a large and varyýing number of building blocks that can reflect the complexity of lving organisms.

c. the entire set of information an organism, needs for reproduction organismS and development

d. must not be able to mutate to new forms

e. the ability to replicate the genetic information accurately for the next generation

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London Barr · Answer 1

The correct answer is e. the ability to replicate the genetic information accurately for the next generation

Explanation:

As there are chances of existence of life in the universe but we can not say that they will have the same type of genetic material as we have but the ability of replication of genome and the ability to pass the genetic information accurately to the next generation will be the most common feature in all genome because without genome replication and transfer life can not evolve and proceed on any planet.

Therefore replication and genetic information transfer to the next generator is necessary. So the right answer is e.