Dry/Wet Cycling and the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Prebiotic Polymer Synthesis
The endoergic nature of protein and nucleic acid assembly in aqueous media presents two questions that are fundamental to the understanding of life’s origins: (i) how did the polymers arise in an aqueous prebiotic world; and (ii) once formed in some manner, how were they sufficiently persistent to e...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Life |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/6/3/28 |