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ASCII art of the gods

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Just in case it is ever removed from this page and replaced with a picture, I wanted to make sure the following ASCII diagram is preserved on this talk page. T.Shafee(Evo﹠Evo)talk 22:26, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Diagram from 2006 to (whenever it's replaced)

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("!" for RNA, '"$" for DNA, "*" for polymerase)

--------> 
         * * * *
! ! ! !  _ _ _ _    
_ _ _ _ | RNA   |   <--ribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U | Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * |_ _ _ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
         * * * *
! ! ! !  _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ | DNA   |   <--ribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U | Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * |_III_ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
        ----------->
                    * * * *
! ! ! ! $ $ $ $ $ $ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _| DNA   |   <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
G U A U C G T A G G| Pol   |   <--RNA primer
* * * * * * * * * *|_III_ _|   <--hydrogen bonding
C A T A G C A T C C <--template ssDNA (single-stranded DNA)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <--deoxyribose (sugar)-phosphate backbone
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $