Darwinian evolution and chemistry

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-209

  Chiusoli, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Darwinian evolution; Homochirality; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867973418     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-009-0043-y     Document Type: Article

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