1. So just how did life start on Earth?
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Senior, Kathryn
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GENOMES , *DNA , *RNA , *NUCLEIC acids , *EVOLUTIONARY theories ,INSTITUTE for Genomic Research (Rockville, Md.) - Abstract
Reports on the findings of Craig Venter and his team at The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Maryland that they might be able to create a species of bacterium from its building blocks. Results of the study; Ethical issues brought up by the findings; Prediction that genome-sequencing information from different organisms will resolve many issues; Speculation of a nucleic acid which preceded RNA and DNA.
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- 2000
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