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. 2018 Dec 12;9(1):5177.
doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07219-5.

Prebiotic chemistry and human intervention

Clemens Richert  1
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Prebiotic chemistry and human intervention

Clemens Richert. Nat Commun. .

Abstract

Experimentalists in the field of prebiotic chemistry strive to re-enact what may have happened when life arose from inanimate material. How often human intervention was needed to obtain a specific result in their studies is worth reporting.

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