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When we eat meat, it has cells which have the animal's DNA and RNA. What does out body do to them once they've been digested and broken down into nucleotides? Do our cells use these nucleotides when replicating DNA or making mRNA?
gpt
There are enzymes which degrade DNA and RNA (RNAases  and DNAses) in our intestines, along with all other enzymes, to degrade various forms of food such as proteins (trypsin), carbs (amylases), fats (lipases). Then the constituents are taken up by the body.