On the origin of the canonical nucleobases: An assessment of selection pressures across chemical and early biological evolution

Israel Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 469-483

  Rios, Andro C ^a   Tor, Yitzhak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; molecular evolution; nucleobases; prebiotic chemistry; RNA world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879504434     PISSN: 00212148     EISSN: 18695868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201300009     Document Type: Review

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