Searching for lost nucleotides of the pre-RNA World with a self-refining model of early Earth

Nicholas V. Hud ()
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Nicholas V. Hud: School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: The nucleotides of RNA appear to be products of evolution. Experimental studies are showing that plausible proto-nucleotides can be formed in simulated early Earth environments. In turn, these results help to clarify the prebiotic processes that give rise to nucleotides.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07389-2

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