Origin, possible forms of being, and size of the primeval organisms

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 364-371

  Spirin, A S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Primeval organisms; Progenotes; Ribocytes; Ribosomes; RNA colonies

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144442869     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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