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Origins of life

The cooperative gene

The origin of life on Earth remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. A new study suggests that cooperation among molecules could have contributed to the transition from inanimate chemistry to biology. See Article p.72

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Attwater, J., Holliger, P. The cooperative gene. Nature 491, 48–49 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11635

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