THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON THE EARTH

被引:57
作者
ORGEL, LE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAMBRIDGE,CAMBS,ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1038/scientificamerican1094-76
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Growing evidence supports the idea that the emergence of catalytic RNA was a crucial early step. How that RNA came into being remains unknown.
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页数:7
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