How amino acids and peptides shaped the RNA world

Life

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 230-246

  van der Gulik, Peter T S ^a   Speijer, Dave ^b  

^a Research Group MAC 2   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coevolutionary theory; Evolution; Prebiotic chemistry; RNA world

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922032648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life5010230     Document Type: Review

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