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Asking original questions

    Nature Chemistry volume 5, pages 355–357 (2013)Cite this article

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    Matthew Powner from University College London talks with Nature Chemistry about his work on the chemical origin of life and how it has led him from PhD student to group leader.

    You are a co-author of two Articles in this issue, both of which relate to the problem of controlling nucleotide connectivity in RNA prior to the evolution of enzymes — can you give us a little background to the problem?

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