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Published online 20 February 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040216-18
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Meteorite molecules spin sugars
Space chemicals could have given life its first twist.
Chemicals brought to Earth on meteorites may have provided templates for the building blocks of life, say researchers. The idea could explain why DNA, the molecular basis of our genetic code, always curls in one direction.
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