Publication details
On the Observable Transition to Living Matter
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1672-0229(11)60002-8 |
| Field | Genetics and molecular biology |
| Keywords | triplet code;origin of life;definition of life; life-nonlife transition |
| Description | In recent developments in chemistry and genetic engineering, the humble researcher dealing with the origin of life finds her(him)self in a grey area of tackling something that even does not yet have a clear definition agreed upon.The demonstrated occurrence of the mismatches (variations) in otherwise complementary syntheses (“self-reproduction”), in this RNA system, opens an experimental and conceptual perspective to explore the origin of life (and its definition), on the apparent edge of the origin. |
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