All terrestrial life forms are somewhat alike and share the same 20 amino acids. Biochemists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, conducted experiments which simulated various lifeless pre-biotic environments and managed to synthesize 10 of these amino acids.
Image 1: Jabba the Hutt (aka alien)
Two of the biochemists from the University, Paul Higgs and Ralph Pudritz, pointed out that each of the experiments produced the same group of 10 amino acids. They then calculated that these 10amino acids require the least amount of energy to form. They then suggest that from these results if alien life did exist it would have the same 10 amino acids at its core.
“Do aliens share our genetic code?” New Scientist, Retrieved April 22, 2009 from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16930-do-aliens-share-our-genetic-code.html
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