Deuterium and its role in the machinery of evolution

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 914-918

  Pedersen, Lee G ^a   Bartolotti, Lee ^b   Li, Leping ^c  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; DNA; Evolution; Mutation; Zero point

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM;

DNA; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CATALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

DEUTERIUM; EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 31744448130     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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