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Andrew S Tupper1, Ralph E Pudritz2, Paul G Higgs2

  • 1Origins Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Molecular Biology and Evolution
|September 11, 2019
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RNA WorldRNA secondary structurecytosine deaminationerror thresholdribozyme

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