| Chapter Five |
The origin
of life
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Figure 5-3 Ribose can be synthesized from formalheyde in abiotic conditions
5-4 Formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide can lead to the synthesis of various amino acids, in this case of glycine.
RNAs
(adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil) have all been obtained in abiotic
conditions, but thymine has never been found, which means that primitive
nucleic acids could have been RNAs but not DNAs.
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