Chapter 4 Evolution in an RNA world

Foundations of Modern Biochemistry

Volumn 4, Issue C, 1998, Pages 159-198

  Schuster, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 77957064111     PISSN: 18745660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5660(98)80006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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