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Repopulating the RNA world

Nature volume 411, pages 1003–1005 (2001)Cite this article

We will probably never be certain how life on our planet began. But, thanks to a new laboratory study, the possibility of an ancient 'RNA world' appears more plausible.

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Figure 1: The search for an RNA-based enzyme (ribozyme) that replicates RNA.

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