If base 2 is optimal for computer design, why is base 4 optimal

>>8958149
DNA is not base 4. It's not base anything.

>>8958160

>DNA is not base 4. It's not base anything.

brainlet detected

"Each nucleotide is composed of one of four nitrogen-containing nucleobases — cytosine (C), guanine (G), adenine (A), or thymine (T)."

Although there are 4 nucleobases, these really function as a binary system since they come in pairs, with cytosine always binding to thymine and guanine binding to adenine.

>>8958176
um sorry sweetie but nucleotides are called bases because they're basic as in not acidic

>>8958208
So what?
...GATTACA...
...0100101...
Claro, mongo?

>>8958268
>GATTACA

god i hate that moive

>OP doesn't know about noncanonical bases

>>8958183
No, they function as a quaternary system. base pair binding is useful for replication and error checking purposes but the information carrying content comes in four units.

DNA is never used to represent numbers in nature. If you're talking about using DNA as a data storage format, then that's a completely different discussion (it's NOT an ideal format)

>>8958332
Brainlet

>>8958459
stop larping and give an adequate answer

>>8958149
>>8958459

What a lazy shitpost. Here is your (You).

Saged

>>8958332
>(it's NOT an ideal format)
THIS
DNA probably won out over other encoding schemes because it got here first, and dominated the planet.
Mutation = blink of an eye
Formation of self-replicating molecule from scratch = nearly fucking forever