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Science 25 December 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3652, pp. 1680 - 1681
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3652.1680
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Purine and Pyrimidines in Sediments from the Experimental Mohole

Eugene Rosenberg 1

1 Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Los Angeles

Cytosine, adenine, guanine, and thymine, but not uracil, have been detected in core samples taken from various depths of the experimental Mohole. The following quantities of bases were found in the deepest core samples available (approximately 25 x 106 years old): cytosine, 2.5 µg/5 g; adenine, 0.9 µg/5 g; guanine, 0.2 µ/5 g; thymine and uracil, 0 µg/5 g.


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