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Survival of the fittest before the beginning of life: selection of the first oligonucleotide-like polymers by UV light

BACKGROUND: A key event in the origin of life on this planet has been formation of self-replicating RNA-type molecules, which were complex enough to undergo a Darwinian-type evolution (origin of the "RNA world"). However, so far there has been no explanation of how the first RNA-like biopo...

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Autores principales: Mulkidjanian, Armen Y, Cherepanov, Dmitry A, Galperin, Michael Y
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12773209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-3-12