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If carbon is replaced by silicon in human body,animal,plants , what will be its consequences

If carbon is replaced by silicon in human body,animal,plants , what will be its consequences 

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Arun
25750 Points
4 years ago
Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows. Science fiction has long imagined alien worlds inhabited by silicon-based life, such as the rock-eating Horta from the original Star Trek series. ... Life on Earth is based on carbon, likely because each carbon atom can form bonds with up to four other atoms simultaneously.
Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Dear student 
Sudden replacing carbon atoms with silicon atoms in any carbon-based life would kill it. Many molecules containing carbon would probably no longer be stable in their surroundings. Consider glucose, proteins, and fatty acids. Probably all the C=C double bonds (eg in unsaturated fatty acids) would disintegrate.

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