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Missing links brewed in primordial puddles?


April 25, 2016

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The crucibles that bore out building blocks of life may have been, in many cases, not fiery cataclysms, but modest puddles. Researchers working with that hypothesis have achieved a significant advancement toward understanding the evolutionary mystery of how components of RNA and DNA formed from chemicals present on early Earth before life existed. In surprisingly simple reactions, they have produced good candidates for their precursors that even spontaneously joined up to look like RNA.Full Story

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