Shawn Alan posted to the Meteorite-list on April 9, 2015 http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg120870.html
"Hello Listers Enjoy: The new science of the origins of life http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2015-04-02/the-new-science-of-the-origins-of-life/1434890 " A recent and quite interesting paper concerning the topic of the origin of life is: New study hints at spontaneous appearance of primordial DNA, University of Colorado at Boulde Science Daily, April 7, 2015 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150407095635.htm "The self-organization properties of DNA-like molecular fragments four billion years ago may have guided their own growth into repeating chemical chains long enough to act as a basis for primitive life, says a new study." Fraccia, T. P., G. P. Smith, G. Zanchetta, E. Paraboschi, Y. Yi, D. M. Walba, G. Dieci, N. A. Clark, and T. Bellini, 2015, Abiotic ligation of DNA oligomers templated by their liquid crystal ordering. Nature Communications, 2015; 6: 6424 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7424 http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150310/ncomms7424/full/ncomms7424.html Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list