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The First Gene on Earth May Have Been a Hybrid

from Scientific American

The First Gene on Earth May Have Been a Hybrid Scientific American DNA and RNA, the two major modern forms of genetic code underpinning all of earthly biology, could have coexisted in strict pairings on our planet before life arose here, scientists in England, Scotland and Poland say. Using a hydrogen cyanide–based chemical system intended to mimic conditions in Earth’s early history, the researchers made four bases, the molecular “letters” of the genetic alphabet. READ MORE

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