Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4478703-20140329232552/@comment-34326521-20141009212430

Zenoseiya wrote: It doesn't matter if anodites don't have DNA. A sonorosian (Echo Echo) is composed of sentient sound waves which, by definition, do not have DNA. So the Omnitrix could turn the user into an anodite the same way it can turn them into a sonorosian.

Don't conflate "sentient sound waves" with regular sound waves. They're not the same.

Zenoseiya wrote: In fact, it doesn't make sense for several aliens to use DNA due to their dramatically different biology. DNA does not generically refer to any form of genetic information, but only to the deoxyribonucleic acid used by all life on Earth.

DNA, as far as any biochemists can tell, has potentially limitless length. It can store as much information as you want it to, provided you can encode it properly. Carbon, in addition, can bond with many more elements of the periodic table than any other element in existence. With these two facts taken into consideration, it stands to reason that DNA would be the most common form for genetic information "storage".

Zenoseiya wrote: Petrosapiens, for example, as silicon-based, so their nucleic acid analogue would not be DNA. It would be, I don't know, petronucleic acid (PNA) or something. Same goes for pyronites, since they are clearly too hot to be carbon-based.

I don't even know what you mean by "petronucleic", but whatever.

Being silicon-based doesn't mean you're 100% silicon. Humans are carbon-based, yet our bodies are mainly water. As for Pyronites, given that diamonds are formed under incredible pressure and temperature, are pure carbon - and therefore also flammable - there's no reason why they can't be carbon-based.

Yes, I know it's a cartoon. I still like to discuss this.